Civil engineer. FRS. Born Scotland into a long line of civil engineers. In London worked on: Metropolitan Railway extension Whitechapel tp Bow and Kew Bridge. Died at his home, The Anchorage, Hartley Wintney.
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Sir Alexander Gibb
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Skempton Building plaques
2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...
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J. & E. Hall, Dartford
From Dartford Archive: "In the early days the company specialised in heavy foundry-based engineering. Later on, the company developed a specialisation in refrigeration engineering." We wondered wh...
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Great Eastern Street
Constructed 1872-6 by The Metropolitan Board of Works. Opened in 1876. Improved in 1880-2.
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Jonathan Shepherd
Junior Assistant 2nd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park,...
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William Baker
Railway engineer. In London he built the Battersea Railway Bridge, and was consulting engineer on the West London Extension Railway and the North London Railway.
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Sir Thomas Gresham
Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was.
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Joseph William Comyns Carr
Born 47 Devonshire Street. Author, gallery director and theatre manager. In 1877 he became co-director of the Grosvenor Gallery in Bond Street, which promoted the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brother...
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W. H. Smith - W2
W2, Hyde Park Street, 12
This house probably looked OK when it was part of a terrace but on its own it just looks weird.
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