Sir Alec Skempton | |
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| Born | Alec Wesley Skempton 4 June 1914 Northampton, England |
| Died | 9 August 2001 (aged 87) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London, UK |
| Known for | Skempton's A & B pore water pressure coefficients bearing capacity of foundations Skempton Building |
| Awards | 4th Rankine Lecture (1964) Lyell Medal (1972) IStructE Gold Medal (1981) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Soil Mechanics |
| Institutions | Imperial College London, UK |
| Academic advisors | Alfred Pippard |
| Notable students | Alan W. Bishop |
Sir Alec Westley Skempton FRS FREng (4 June 1914 – 9 August 2001)[1] was an English civil engineer internationally recognised, along with Karl Terzaghi, as one of the founding fathers of the engineering discipline of soil mechanics.[2] He established the soil mechanics course at Imperial College London, where the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department's building was renamed after him in 2004,[3] and was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to engineering. He was also a notable contributor on the history of British civil engineering.
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