Sir Alec Skempton

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:academic
gptkb:engineer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkb:City_and_Guilds_College
gptkbp:award gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:James_Alfred_Ewing_Medal
gptkb:Rankine_Lecture
Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate 1914-06-04
gptkbp:deathDate 2001-08-09
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Biographical_Memoirs_of_Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Geotechnique
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkbp:field geotechnical engineering
soil mechanics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Alec_Westley_Skempton
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Alec Skempton
gptkbp:influenced British geotechnical engineering
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Karl_Terzaghi
gptkbp:knownFor founding soil mechanics in the UK
pioneering geotechnical engineering
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Skempton's_coefficient_(B-value)
gptkb:Skempton_Building_at_Imperial_College_London
gptkb:Skempton_Medal
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Institution_of_Civil_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:John_Burland
gptkb:Denis_Henkel
gptkb:Peter_Vaughan
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Northampton,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:position Professor of Civil Engineering
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Geotechnique
gptkb:Proceedings_of_the_Institution_of_Civil_Engineers
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Skempton
gptkbp:studiedBy pore water pressure
history of civil engineering
clay mechanics
soil strength
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Skempton_Building
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7