Cyril Kirkpatrick

Sir Cyril Reginald Sutton Kirkpatrick (1872–1957) was a British civil engineer.^[1]

Cyril Kirkpatrick was born in London in 1872.^[2] Kirkpatrick was Chief Engineer for the Port of London and formed the engineering firm of Kirkpatrick and Partners in 1924.^[3] He served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers between November 1931 and November 1932.^[4] Between 1938 and 1942 Kirkpatrick drew many plans to Maryport sea wall and harbour.^[5] Kirpatrick's firm was also involved with the construction of concrete caissons for the Mulberry Harbours used following the Normandy Landings during the Second World War.^[3] He served as president of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers in 1950.^[1] Kirkpatrick's firm merged with Scott and Wilson to form Scott & Wilson, Kirkpatrick and Partners in 1951. This firm later became the Scott Wilson Group.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Watson, Garth (1989), The Smeatonians, London: Thomas Telford Ltd, p. 170, ISBN 0727715267, http://books.google.com/?id=ybXHDw8u_VcC 
2. ^ Masterton, Gordon. "ICE Presidential Address". http://www.ice.org.uk/downloads//presidents_address_2005(1).pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-18. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Scott Wilson Group, About Scott Wilson, http://scottwilson.hemscott.com/pdf/Factsheet.pdf, retrieved 2008-10-18 ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, Thomas Telford, pp. p252, ISBN 0-727-70392-7 
5. ^ The National Archives, Records of Maryport Harbour Board, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=023-sh2&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18, retrieved 2008-10-18 

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by George Humphreys	President of the Institution of Civil Engineers November 1931 – November 1932	Succeeded by Murdoch MacDonald

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Name	Kirkpatrick, Cyril
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Date of birth	1872
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Date of death	1957
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