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A Man for All Reasons: John Smeaton, FRS, The First Civil Engineer
John Smeaton was not a product of his time. He qualifies as a true, quiet giant in history, who was able to alter the times in which he lived, thus altering all the times that followed. This genuine, proverbial, historic hero is underrated, unheralded, and unsung. Adam Smith published his Wealth of Nations also in 1776, but all that socioeconomic advocacy would have been at least another century in materializing were it not for John Smeaton's efforts that same year at delineating its enabling profession, Civil Engineering.
A Man for All Reasons: John Smeaton, FRS, The First Civil Engineer
John Smeaton was not a product of his time. He qualifies as a true, quiet giant in history, who was able to alter the times in which he lived, thus altering all the times that followed. This genuine, proverbial, historic hero is underrated, unheralded, and unsung. Adam Smith published his Wealth of Nations also in 1776, but all that socioeconomic advocacy would have been at least another century in materializing were it not for John Smeaton's efforts that same year at delineating its enabling profession, Civil Engineering.
A Man for All Reasons: John Smeaton, FRS, The First Civil Engineer
Morris, M. D. (author)
Fourth National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage ; 2002 ; Washington, D.C., United States
2002-10-25
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
A Man for All Reasons: John Smeaton, FRS, The First Civil Engineer
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