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词条 William Fisher Cassie
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  1. Life

  2. Publications

  3. Family

  4. Recognition

  5. References

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Prof William Fisher Cassie (usually referred to simply as Fisher Cassie in his field and as Bill Cassie by his friends) FRSE CBE LLD (1905-1985) was a British civil engineer and academic. He was a noteworthy author on building structure. He was an expert on soil mechanics and a strong advocate of underground transport systems.[1]

Life

He was born in Monifieth in Angus on 29 June 1905, the son of William Cassie.

His early education was at the Grove Academy in Dundee.[2]

He then studied engineering at the University of St Andrews, graduating in 1925. He continued as a postgraduate, earning a PhD in 1930 before spending a year in the USA in Illinois.[3]

From 1943 until 1970 he was Professor of Civil Engineering at Durham University.

In 1965 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Council on Road Research under Prof F.E.Jones.[4]

Dundee University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1972 (LLD).[5]

He died on 20 April 1985.

Publications

  • The Torsional Stiffness of Structural Sections (1948)[6]
  • Structural Analysis (1954)
  • Northumbria: A Selection of Photographs (1958) (foreword only)
  • Structure in Building (1966)
  • Fundamental Foundations (1968)

Family

He married Mary Robertson Reid in 1933. They had no children.

Recognition

The Cassie Building in Newcastle University is named after him.[7]

His portrait is held by the National Portrait Gallery, London.[8]

References

1. ^https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=29X8BAAAQBAJ&pg=PR5&lpg=PR5&dq=william+fisher+cassie&source=bl&ots=DpaxU5bn4E&sig=0VEkzJJgVuklfshmay8onw_gHfY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDEQ6AEwA2oVChMI98jAhMaKyAIVQ6fbCh2ySQMI#v=onepage&q=william%20fisher%20cassie&f=false
2. ^https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v4B2NNxjtloC&pg=PA894&lpg=PA894&dq=william+fisher+cassie&source=bl&ots=mX__E6V4n1&sig=jua8IE20C3mFmngzV2SZfLqhYUM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBmoVChMI98jAhMaKyAIVQ6fbCh2ySQMI#v=onepage&q=william%20fisher%20cassie&f=false
3. ^https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
4. ^http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/17th-december-1965/27/advisory-council-on-road-research
5. ^http://www.dundee.ac.uk/governance/university-calendar/honorary-degrees/
6. ^https://www.istructe.org/journal/volumes/volume-26-(published-in-1948)/issues/issue-10/articles/the-torsional-stiffness-of-structual-sections-disc
7. ^http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/exhibitions/current-and-past-exhibitions/so/university_buildings.php
8. ^http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp72588/william-fisher-cassie
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