Sir Alec Westley Skempton

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Alec_Westley_Skempton
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:academic
gptkb:engineer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:City_and_Guilds_College
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Rankine_Lecture
Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate 1914-06-04
gptkbp:deathDate 2001-08-09
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:John_Burland
gptkb:Peter_Vaughan
gptkbp:field geotechnical engineering
soil mechanics
gptkbp:knownFor founding soil mechanics in the UK
pioneering geotechnical engineering
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Institution_of_Civil_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork history of civil engineering
Skempton's coefficient
Skempton's pore pressure parameters
research on embankment dams
research on stability of slopes
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Northampton,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:positionHeld Professor of Civil Engineering
Head of Civil Engineering Department at Imperial College
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Skempton
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dr._Skempton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Alec Westley Skempton