Alan Muir Wood
Alan Muir Wood | |
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Born | Hampstead, London | 8 August 1921
Died | 1 February 2009 | (aged 87)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Civil |
Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers (president), British Tunnelling Society (Chairman), International Tunneling Association (honorary lifetime president) |
Sir Alan Marshall Muir Wood
Education
Muir Wood was born on 8 August 1921 at Hampstead in London.[4] Educated at Abbotsholme School, he later studied mechanical sciences at Peterhouse, Cambridge, from 1940 and graduated with a Master of Arts degree.[5][6]
Career
Due to the
Sub-Lieutenant (Engineers) in the RNVR before transferring as Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Engineers) to the Royal Navy on 5 June 1944.[7] Muir Wood was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (Engineers) on 1 August 1945, with seniority of 5 April 1945.[8]
After leaving the navy in 1946 Muir Wood worked for the
Halcrow, the engineering consultancy, where he began work on the Channel Tunnel, a project he would repeatedly return to over the next twenty years. He worked extensively with tunnels and his projects included the Clyde Tunnel, the Potters Bar rail tunnel, Heathrow Airport's cargo tunnel and the Jubilee Line Extension.[2] Muir Wood also worked on the design of South Africa's 80 km long Orange–Fish River Tunnel, the second-longest water supply tunnel in the world.[2][9]
Muir Wood was the second chairman of the
Bristol University where he was also a visiting professor.[5]
Awards
Muir Wood was a fellow of the
Personal life
Muir Wood was a descendant of John Muir Wood, musician, music publisher and amateur photographer from Edinburgh and Glasgow.[14] Muir Wood was instrumental in the 1987 donation of 900 of his John Muir Wood's photographs to the National Galleries of Scotland.[15]
References
- ^ .
- ^ a b c d e f g h Owen, Ed (5 February 2009), "Father of modern tunneling Sir Alan Muir Wood dies at 87", New Civil Engineer, p. 7, archived from the original on 21 April 2013
- ISBN 0-7277-0392-7
- ^ Masterton, Gordon (2005), ICE Presidential Address (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2009, retrieved 11 February 2009
- ^ a b c University of Bristol, Staff List
- ^ Peterhouse, Peterhouse News
- ^ "No. 36556". The London Gazette. 9 June 1944. p. 2760.
- ^ "No. 37234". The London Gazette. 21 August 1945. p. 4231.
- South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Water transfer schemes in the Middle Orange, retrieved 13 February 2009
- ^ "No. 49729". The London Gazette. 8 May 1984. p. 6499.
- ^ Watson 1988, p. 254.
- ^ Imperial College London, Fellows and Honorary Graduates of Imperial College
- ^ "No. 48936". The London Gazette. 30 March 1982. p. 4390.
- ^ "Clan Wood Society, Some Famous Woods". Retrieved 23 February 2013.
Sir Alan Muir Wood
- ^ Miller, Phil (21 July 2008). "Musician's hobby that changed the landscape of photography Scot was first to document series of rural images". The Scotsman Newspaper, Edinburgh, Scotland.
External links
- Obituary in The Times
- Obituary in The Telegraph
- Obituary in Bristol university; News from the University