George Ambler Wilson

George Ambler Wilson, CBE, MICE (1906–1977) was a British civil engineer.

Wilson was born in Wellington, Shropshire in 1906. He was the chief engineer of the Port of London Authority from 1953 to 1967. In 1958 he was elected a member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers. He also served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 1971 to November 1972. He died in 1977 and the National Portrait Gallery in London holds two images of him.

Wilson was honoured in the Queens 1967 birthday honours and appointed a CBE in the Civil Division.

Family

Wilson has 4 daughters from two marriages.

In 1970, George’s daughter Gail Wilson married her LSE colleague, Meghnad Desai, They had three children together.

References

Bibliography

• Hobhouse, Hermione (1994), Survey of London:volumes 43 and 44: Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs
• Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, Thomas Telford Ltd, ISBN 0-7277-0392-7
• Watson, Garth (1989), The Smeatonians: The Society of Civil Engineers, Thomas Telford Ltd, ISBN 0-7277-1526-7

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