Rudolph Glossop

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Rudolph Glossop
Born(1902-02-17)17 February 1902
Bakewell, England
Died1 March 1993(1993-03-01) (aged 91)
Cornwall, England
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materImperial College London, UK
Camborne School of Mines, UK
Scientific career
FieldsGeology, Mining Engineering, Soil Mechanics

Rudolph Glossop (17 February 1902 – 1 March 1993) was a mining and civil engineer and one of the founders of Geotechnical Engineering in the UK.[1] The Glossop Lecture at the Geological Society is named after him.

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  1. ^ Ronald E. Williams, ‘Rudolph Glossop: and the Rise of Geotechnology’, Whittles, 2010 accessed 16 February 2011

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