Plaque: Skempton Building plaques
{The text on the 19 plaques is given here in the sequence as they appear on the building west to east, which is by birth date:}
John Smeaton Civil engineer, 1724 - 1792, FRS
William Jessop Civil engineer, 1745 - 1814
Thomas Telford Civil engineer, 1757 - 1834, FRS
John Rennie Civil engineer, 1761 - 1821, FRS
Thomas Tredgold Engineering research, 1788 - 1829
Eaton Hodgkinson Professor of engineering, 1789 - 1861, FRS
Proby Cautley Civil engineer, 1802 - 1871, FRS
Robert Stephenson Civil engineer, 1803 - 1859, FRS
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Civil engineer, 1806 - 1859, FRS
Thomas Hawksley Civil engineer, 1807 - 1893, FRS
Joseph Bazalgette Civil engineer, 1819 - 1891
William John Macquorn Rankine Professor of engineering, 1820 - 1872, FRS
William Cawthorne Unwin Professor of engineering, 1838 - 1933, FRS
Alexander Binnie Civil engineer, 1839 - 1917
Benjamin Baker Civil engineer, 1840 - 1907, FRS
Osborne Reynolds Professor of engineering, 1842 - 1912, FRS
Alexander Gibb Civil engineer, 1872 - 1958, FRS
Ralph Freeman Civil engineer, 1880 - 1950
William Glanville Engineering research, 1900 - 1976, FRS
2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the names actually run west to east. That sounds like the sort of mistake we would make and we thank Eamonn for his correction. We will confirm when we are next in the area.
Site: Skempton Building plaques (1 memorial)
SW7, Imperial College Road, Skempton Building / Civil Engineering Building
Weathering often renders architectural features picturesque, but not these plaques. They have become unattractive and also almost impossible to photograph in focus. So we've chosen just one to present to you and have attached all the subjects to it. Hope that's OK with you.
Imperial College has helpfully produced the Civil Engineers' Commemorative Plaques booklet which puts all these engineers into context and gives a page on each one.
