Contribution to the knowledge of early geotechnics during the 20th century: Alec Westley Skempton

Lara-Galera, Antonio; Galindo-Aires, Rubén; Guillán-Llorente, Gonzalo; Alcaraz Carrillo de Albornoz, Vicente

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-225-2019

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-225-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-225-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

Biographical contribution

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29 Aug 2019

Biographical contribution |

| 29 Aug 2019

Contribution to the knowledge of early geotechnics during the 20th century: Alec Westley Skempton

Antonio Lara-Galera, Rubén Galindo-Aires, Gonzalo Guillán-Llorente, and Vicente Alcaraz Carrillo de Albornoz

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Short summary

Sir Alec Westley Skempton was an English civil engineer and Professor of Soil Mechanics at Imperial College London. He is often referred to as one of the founding fathers of soil mechanics in the UK and around the world. Skempton established the soil mechanics course at Imperial College London and was one of the most important engineers of the 20th century.