| 词条 | William George Nicholson Geddes |
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|image = |image_size = (if image is smaller than 250px) |caption = |name = William George Nicholson Geddes |nationality = Scottish |citizenship = British |birth_date = {{birth date|1913|7|29|df=y}} |birth_place = Oldhamstocks, East Lothian |death_date ={{Death date and age|1993|11|10|1913|7|29|df=y}} |death_place = |education = |spouse = |parents = |children = |discipline = Civil engineer and Structural engineer |institutions = Institution of Structural Engineers, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of Civil Engineers |practice_name = Babtie Shaw and Morton |significant_projects = Allt-na-Lairige Dam, Backwater Dam |significant_design = |significant_awards = CBE }} William George Nicholson Geddes CBE DSc FRSE FEng (29 July 1913 – 10 November 1993) was a Scottish civil engineer. LifeGeorge Geddes was born in Oldhamstocks, East Lothian the son of William Brydon Geddes and his wife Ina Nicholson. His early education was at Dunbar Grammar School.[1] He studied civil engineering at Edinburgh University, graduating BSc in 1934 and gaining a "blue" in football. He worked for the City Engineer in Edinburgh, then Sir William Arrol & Company, and F.A. Macdonald & Partners under William Fairhurst, before joining Babtie, Shaw and Morton in 1942. He became a partner of the firm in 1950 and senior partner from 1976 to 1978. His specialist experience was structural engineering which led to an interest in hydro-electric projects, dams, shipyards, docks and industrial developments.[2] One of Geddes' most notable projects, under the overall direction of James Arthur Banks and later constructed by the contractor Marples Ridgway,[3] was his contribution to the design of the Allt na Lairige dam in Argyllshire in the 1950s. This was the first concrete dam in western Europe, and possibly the world, to be prestressed by using high tensile steel bars, bolted either end, to compress the structure.[3] Later Geddes was in charge of Backwater Dam, the first in the UK to use a chemical grout cut-off. One of his outstanding achievements was the major shipbuilding dock at the head of the Musgrave Channel in Belfast for Harland and Wolff. The dock was the largest in the World when it was completed in 1970, having been designed and built scarcely two years after the decision was taken to proceed. In 1975, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Hugh Sutherland, William Thomas Marshall, Ian Sneddon, Anthony Cusens, Robert Simpson Silver and Arnold Hendry.[4] As well as being active in Scottish branches of professional institutions, he was elected President of all three of the Institutions in which he took a keen interest: the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1971-72, the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland 1977-79, and the Institution of Civil Engineers between November 1979 and November 1980.[5] In 1975, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,[6] and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1978. In 1980, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Edinburgh.[7] FamilyGeddes was married to Margaret Gilchrist Wilson in 1941. FootballGeddes was an accomplished footballer, playing for Queen's Park F.C. in 1936,[8] and serving from 1985 to 1988 as their President[9] and eventually becoming a Patron of the Club, the oldest in Scotland. References1. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}} 2. ^"A century of achievement. Babtie 1895-1995". Published by Babtie Group Ltd, 1995. 3. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1389135/Reginald-Ridgway.html |title=Reginald Ridgway |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 March 2002 |accessdate=12 September 2010}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}} 5. ^ICE past presidents {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927184518/http://www.ice.org.uk/about_ice/president_past.asp |date=27 September 2009 }} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/fellowship/obits/index.htm#G |title=Royal Society of Edinburgh Obituaries |accessdate=2007-11-25}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.registry.ed.ac.uk/graduations/Honorary_Grads/1971_1980.htm |title=University of Edinburgh honorary graduates list |accessdate=2007-11-25}} 8. ^They Wore the Glorious Hoops - past players listing at http://www.queensparkfc.co.uk/firstteam/playinghistory/archive/players/g.html 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.queensparkfc.co.uk/firstteam/playinghistory/Officials/presidents.html |title=Queen's Park Football Club |accessdate=2011-11-04}} {{s-start}} {{s-npo|pro}} {{s-bef|before=Reginald Coates}} {{s-ttl|title=President of the Institution of Civil Engineers|years=November 1979 – November 1980}} {{s-aft|after=Peter Arthur Cox}} {{end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Geddes, William George Nicholson}} 13 : People from East Lothian|Scottish civil engineers|British structural engineers|Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers|Presidents of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Presidents of the Institution of Structural Engineers|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Queen's Park F.C. players|1913 births|1993 deaths|Association footballers not categorized by position |
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