Francis Wentworth-Shields
| Francis Ernest Wentworth-Shields | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1869 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 1959 |
| Nationality | British |
| Engineering career | |
| Engineering discipline | Civil, |
| Institution memberships | Institution of Civil Engineers (president), |
Sir Francis Ernest Wentworth-Shields (often spelled "Wentworth-Sheilds")[1][2] OBE (1869–1959) was a British civil engineer.[3]
Francis Ernest Wentworth-Shields was born in London in 1869.[4] He was appointed to be a Major of the Territorial Army's Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, an unpaid, volunteer unit which provides technical expertise to the British Army, on 28 March 1925.[5] He served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the November 1944 to November 1945 session.[3] Wentworth-Shield was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and a Knight Bachelor.[3] He died in 1959.
References
- ↑ "Reinforced concrete piling and piled structures" by Francis Ernest Wentworth-Sheilds in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- ↑ Francis Ernest Wentworth Sheilds, Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Watson 1988, p. 254.
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33040. p. 2685. 21 April 1925. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
Bibliography
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| Preceded by | President of the Institution of Civil Engineers November 1944 – November 1945 |
Succeeded by Thomas Pierson Frank |
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