George Ambler Wilson

George Ambler Wilson
George Ambler Wilson
Born	1906; Wellington, Shropshire
Died	1977
Nationality	British
Occupation	Engineer
	Engineering career
Discipline	Civil,
Institutions	Institution of Civil Engineers (president), Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers (member)

George Ambler Wilson, CBE, MICE (1906–1977) was a British civil engineer.^[1]

Wilson was born in Wellington, Shropshire in 1906.^[2]^[3] He was the chief engineer of the Port of London Authority from 1953 to 1967.^[4] In 1958 he was elected a member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers.^[3] He also served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 1971 to November 1972.^[5] He died in 1977 and the National Portrait Gallery in London holds two images of him.^[6]

Wilson was honoured in the Queens 1967 birthday honours^[7] and appointed a CBE in the Civil Division.

Family

Wilson has 4 daughters from two marriages.

In 1970, George’s daughter Gail Wilson married her LSE colleague, Meghnad Desai, They had three children together.

References

^ Watson 1989, pp. 172.
^ Masterton, Gordon (2005), ICE Presidential Address (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2009, retrieved 3 November 2008
^ ^a ^b Watson 1989, p. 136.
^ Hobhouse 1994, pp. 248–268.
^ Watson 1988, p. 254.
^ National Portrait Gallery, George Ambler Wilson, retrieved 3 November 2008
^ "Page 6278 | Supplement 44326, 2 June 1967 | London Gazette | the Gazette". thegazette.

Bibliography

Hobhouse, Hermione (1994), Survey of London:volumes 43 and 44: Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs
Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, Thomas Telford Ltd, ISBN 0-7277-0392-7
Watson, Garth (1989), The Smeatonians: The Society of Civil Engineers, Thomas Telford Ltd, ISBN 0-7277-1526-7

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Angus Paton	President of the Institution of Civil Engineers November 1971 – November 1972	Succeeded by Roger Hetherington

This article about a civil engineering topic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=George_Ambler_Wilson
Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia.

[smeat172-1] Watson 1989, pp. 172.

[masterton-2] Masterton, Gordon (2005), ICE Presidential Address (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2009, retrieved 3 November 2008

[smeat136-3] Watson 1989, p. 136.

[4] Hobhouse 1994, pp. 248–268.

[civils-5] Watson 1988, p. 254.

[6] National Portrait Gallery, George Ambler Wilson, retrieved 3 November 2008

[7] "Page 6278 | Supplement 44326, 2 June 1967 | London Gazette | the Gazette". thegazette.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

George Ambler Wilson
Born	1906 Wellington, Shropshire
Died	1977
Nationality	British
Occupation	Engineer
Engineering career
Discipline	Civil,
Institutions	Institution of Civil Engineers (president), Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers (member)