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Revision as of 15:25, 26 November 2014
Founded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association, based in central London, representing civil engineers. Based at 25 Great George Street, London.
The initiative to found the Institution was taken by three young engineers, Henry Robinson Palmer (age 23), James Jones (age 28) and Joshua Field (age 32), who organised an inaugural meeting on 2 January 1818, at the Kendal Coffee House in Fleet Street.
The institution made little headway until the appointment of Thomas Telford as the first President of the body.
Past presidents have included - [1]
- Thomas Telford (1820-1834) – the post later became a biennial and then annual accolade
- James Walker (20 Jan 1835-1845)
- Sir John Rennie (27 Jan 1845- 1848)
- Joshua Field (1848-1850)
- Sir William Cubitt (1850-1852)
- James Meadows Rendel (1852-1854)
- James Simpson (1854-1856)
- Robert Stephenson (1856-1857)
- Joseph Locke (1857-1859)[2]
- George Parker Bidder (1859-1862)
- John Hawkshaw (1862-1864)
- John Robinson McClean (1864-1866)
- Sir John Fowler (1866-1868)
- Charles Hutton Gregory (1868 - 1870)
- Charles Blacker Vignoles (1870-1872)
- Thomas Hawksley (1872-1874)
- Thomas E. Harrison (1874-1876)
- George Robert Stephenson (1876-1878)
- John Frederick La Trobe Bateman (1878-1880)
- William Henry Barlow (1880-1881)
- James Abernethy (1881-1882)
- William Armstrong (1882-1883)
- James Brunlees (1883-1884)
- Joseph Bazalgette (1884-1885)
- Frederick Joseph Bramwell (1885-1886)
- Edward Woods (1886-1887)
- George Barclay Bruce (1887-1889)
- Sir John Coode (1889-1891)
- George Barkley (1891-1892)
- Harrison Hayter (1892-1893)
- Alfred Giles (1893-1894)
- Sir Robert Rawlinson (1894-1895)
- Sir John Wolfe-Barry (1896)
- Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth (1904)
- Sir Alexander Binnie (1905)
- William Barton Worthington (1922)
- Sir Basil Mott (1924)
- Sir Alexander Gibb (1936)
- Sir William Halcrow (1944)
'It should be mentioned that in the ordinary course of rotation Isambard Kingdom Brunel would have succeeded Robert Stephenson, but Brunel requested that he might not then be put in nomination, owing to ill-health and the pressure of professional duties, and unhappily his early subsequent decease prevented any future opportunity being afforded him, which will always be a subject of regret in the annals of the institution that one so gifted and accomplished should not have appeared on their list of presidents.'[3]
1878. The constitution was discussed in The Engineer 1878/12/06.
1890-1891 Annual report : The Engineer 1891/06/05.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1895/01/25
- ↑ The Engineer 1921/11/04
- ↑ The Engineer 1866/01/19, page 41.
[1] Wikipedia