Sir Alec Westley Skempton F.R.S. (1914-2001)- Father of soil mechanics
This is an interesting biography of Sir Alec Westley Skempton F.R.S.
A very interesting person. An engineer, who got into research from year one of studies. After studying the collapse of a dam, he got into soil mechanics, which is now an important subject in civil engineering.
He was knighted and also made a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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A very interesting person. An engineer, who got into research from year one of studies. After studying the collapse of a dam, he got into soil mechanics, which is now an important subject in civil engineering.
He was knighted and also made a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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