| 词条 | Benjamin Blyth II |
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|image = B H Blyth.jpg |image_width = |caption = |name = Benjamin Blyth II |nationality = Scottish |birth_date = 25 May 1849 |birth_place = Edinburgh |death_date = {{Death date and age|1917|5|13|1849|5|25|df=y}} |death_place = North Berwick, East Lothian |education = Edinburgh University |spouse = Millicent Taylor |parents = Benjamin Hall Blyth I, Mary Dudgeon Wright |children = Benjamin Edward Blyth, Elsie Winifred Blyth |discipline = Civil |institutions = Institution of Civil Engineers (president), Royal Society of Edinburgh (fellow) |practice_name = Blyth and Blyth |significant_projects = |significant_design = |significant_advance = |significant_awards = }}Benjamin Hall Blyth FRSE (25 May 1849 – 13 May 1917), often called Benjamin Blyth II, was a Scottish civil engineer.[1] LifeBlyth, who was born at 36 Minto Street,[2] Edinburgh,[3] was the eldest of the nine children of the railway engineer Benjamin Blyth[1] and Mary Dudgeon Wright. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School between 1860-64 before studying for a Master of Arts degree from Edinburgh University, and graduated in 1867. After the death of both parents – Benjamin Blyth in 1866 and Mary Dudgeon Wright in 1868 – Blyth and his siblings were brought up by their mother's sister, Elizabeth Scotland Wright.[4][5] Following his father's death, Blyth entered the family engineering consultancy and became a partner five years later. Blyth served as a consultant to the North British Railway and the Great North of Scotland Railway and served in an advisory capacity to the British Army with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps. In 1872, he married Millicent Taylor [6] with whom he had a son, Benjamin Edward, who died in infancy,[7] and a daughter, Elsie Winifred.[1] He became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1877, being elected to its council in 1900. He served as vice-president in 1911 and in 1914 became the first practising Scottish engineer to serve as president.[8] On 7 February 1898 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[9] In later life, Blyth lived in a large Victorian townhouse at 17 Palmerston Place in Edinburgh's West End.[10] Blyth stood as the Unionist candidate for the East Lothian by-election of 1911, but lost to the Liberal candidate, John Deans Hope by 468 votes. One of his policies was opposing giving home rule to Ireland.[11] Blyth was widowed on 12 September 1914 and he died in North Berwick nearly three years later on 13 May 1917, of "spittielioma of tongue"[12] and was survived by his daughter. His nephew, Benjamin Hall Blyth (sometimes referred to as Benjamin Blyth III) was the son of his brother Francis Creswick Blyth – who was taken on by Blyth and Blyth in 1909,[13] continued the consultancy after his death.[1] He is buried on the obscured southern terrace of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, towards the east. His wife, Millicent Taylor (1852-1914) is buried with him. Their infant son, Benjamin Edward Blyth, who died in 1875 aged only six weeks old lies at their feet. He trained James Simpson Pirie FRSE (1861-1943), founder of J S Pirie & Sons. Pirie ran Blyth & Blyth from his death until the end of the war.[14] References1. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web |url=http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/architect_full.php?id=M000436 |title=Dictionary of Scottish Architects entry |access-date=5 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719012137/http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/architect_full.php?id=M000436 |archive-date=19 July 2011 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} 2. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1849 3. ^Old Parish Record of birth 4. ^Will of Mary Dudgeon Wright, held by Scottish records 5. ^Census of Scotland 1871 6. ^http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf 7. ^Blyth, E.L.I. 1893, The family of Blythe or Blyth of Norton and Birchet 8. ^{{Citation | first = Garth | last = Watson| title = The Civils | publisher = London: Thomas Telford Ltd | page = 252 | year = 1988 | isbn = 0-7277-0392-7}} 9. ^Royal Society of Edinburgh fellows list {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004113437/http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/all_fellows.pdf |date=4 October 2006 }} 10. ^Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1905-6 11. ^The Scotsman, various editions from 1911 12. ^Death certificate, held by Scottish records office 13. ^Blyth and Blyth: The First 100 Years, historical records held by company 14. ^http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200444 {{s-start}} {{s-npo|pro}} {{s-bef|before=Anthony George Lyster}} {{s-ttl|title=President of the Institution of Civil Engineers|years=November 1914 – November 1915}} {{s-aft|after=Alexander Ross}} {{end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Blyth, Benjamin}} 12 : Scottish civil engineers|1849 births|1917 deaths|Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|People educated at Merchiston Castle School|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|People from Edinburgh|Engineer and Railway Staff Corps officers|Scottish soldiers|British military engineers|Unionist Party (Scotland) politicians |
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