William Matthews (engineer)
- William Matthews (engineer)
Infobox Engineer
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name = William Matthews
nationality = English
birth_date = March 8, 1844
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death_date = Death date and age|1922|1|8|1844|3|8
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education = Glenalmond College and King’s College London
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discipline = Civil,
institutions = Institution of Civil Engineers (president),
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significant_projects = Port of Dover, Grand Harbour
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significant_awards = Order of St Michael and St George (knight commander),
Belgian Order of Leopold (officer)
Sir William Matthews KCMG (8 March 1844 – 8 January 1922)["Times Obituary", 10 January 1922] was a British civil engineer.]He was educated at Glenalmond College and King’s College London.
Matthews was born in Penzance to John and Alice Matthews, John Matthews was, at that time, the borough surveyor for Penzance. William spent a few years working for his father as an assistant surveyor before gaining work as chief assistant to John Coode. He was eventually made a partner in Coode's firm which became Coode, Son and Matthews.
His most notable works with the firm were harbours and docks, many of which were undertaken for the Admiralty, and include works on Dover Harbour, Singapore Docks and the Grand Harbour in Valletta. He also undertook inspections of Cape Colony, Ceylon, Cyprus, Hong Kong and Malta harbours for the Admiralty.
He became an associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1870, a full member in 1876 and served as president between Novemeber 1907 and November 1908.[Citation | first = Garth | last = Watson| title = The Civils | publisher = London: Thomas Telford Ltd | page = 252 ]
year = 1988 | isbn = 0-727-70392-7] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1901 and a Knight Commander of the same order in 1906. He was also made an officer of the Belgian Order of Léopold in 1894 in recognition of his work on Zeebrugge Harbour.His brother, Thomas Matthews, was from 1892 the Engineer-in-Chief of Trinity House, the British lighthouse authority.
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