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John Smeaton

1724 - 1792

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John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent scholar, who introduced various scientific methodologies into engineering. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed "civil engineer", and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering". He pioneered the use of hydraulic lime in concrete, using pebbles and powdered brick as aggregate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Smeaton is the 179th most popular engineer (down from 163rd in 2019), the 2,473rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,021st in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, John Smeaton ranks 179 out of 389. Before him are Louis Charles Breguet, Hanns Hörbiger, Alphonse Pénaud, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Alexander Mozhaysky, and Gérard Larrousse. After him are Ma Jun, Kerim Kerimov, Gotthilf Hagen, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Pierre-Paul Riquet, and Kelly Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, John Smeaton ranks 23. Before him are George Stubbs, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Claude Balbastre, William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf. After him are Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Johann Julius Walbaum, Dai Zhen, and Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. Among people deceased in 1792, John Smeaton ranks 26. Before him are Nguyễn Huệ, Johann Andreas Stein, Legall de Kermeur, Maximilian Hell, Antonio Rosetti, and Antoine Louis. After him are Yazid of Morocco, Adam Gottlob Moltke, Guillaume Le Gentil, John Burgoyne, George Browne, and René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Smeaton ranks 2,474 out of 8,785. Before him are Michelle Fairley (1964), John Robertson (1953), John Aubrey (1626), Divina Galica (1944), John Oliver (1977), and Eddie Irvine (1965). After him are Brenda Milner (1918), Edward Colston (1636), Shakin' Stevens (1948), John Illsley (1949), William Hudson (1730), and Siegfried Sassoon (1886).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, John Smeaton ranks 21. Before him are Alexander Cunningham (1814), W. Ross Ashby (1903), John Loudon McAdam (1756), John Scott Russell (1808), John Bagot Glubb (1897), and John Hughes (1814). After him are William Playfair (1759), André Waterkeyn (1917), Harvey Postlethwaite (1944), James B. Francis (1815), Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), and William Froude (1810).

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