Dr Brysson Cunningham
FRSE DSc MICE (1868-1950) was a Scottish civil engineer and author specialising in harbour and dock design and operation. In the early 20th century he was generally viewed as the authority in this field.
Life
Brysson Cunningham was born in December 1868.
In 1890 he was appointed as a
draughtsman at the Dock Yard,
Liverpool Docks
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In 1908 he moved to work with the
Port of London Authority.
Brysson Cunningham also lectured on Waterways, Harbours and Docks at
University College, London
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in the early 20th century.
He was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1917, his proposers being
William Dyce Cay,
Ernest Romney Matthews,
Benjamin Hall Blyth, and Sir
Frank Watson Dyson
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He died in September 1950.
Publications
*''Mineral Shipments at British Ports'' (1904)
[Cassiers Magazine: August 1904 no.4, p.347-360]
*''First Stage Building Construction'' (1904)
*''A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Dock Engineering'' (1904)
*''The Dock and Harbour Engineer’s Reference Book'' (1914)
*''Port Administration and Operation'' (1925)
*''Cargo Handling at Ports'' (1926)
*''Port Economics'' (1926)
*''Port Studies'' (1928)
*''Estuary Channels and Embankments'' (1938)
References
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1868 births
1950 deaths
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
British civil engineers
People from Dundee
Engineers from Dundee