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The Telford Medal is a prize awarded by the British
Institution of Civil Engineers The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three-quarters are located in the UK, whi ...
(ICE) for a paper or series of papers. It was introduced in 1835 following a bequest made by
Thomas Telford Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE, (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotla ...
, the ICE's first president. It can be awarded in gold, silver or bronze; the Telford Gold Medal is the highest award the institution can bestow.


History

In 1834 Scottish civil engineer and the
Institution of Civil Engineers The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three-quarters are located in the UK, whi ...
' first president (1820-1834),
Thomas Telford Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE, (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotla ...
died, leaving in his will his library of technical works to the Institution of Civil Engineers, as well as a bequest of £2000; the interest from which was to be used to for the purpose of "Annual Premiums". The council of the institute decided to expend the premiums on both honorary and monetary rewards, the honorary awards being named Telford Medals, which would be awarded in gold, silver and bronze forms. Suitable candidates for the awards were submitters of drawings, models, diagrams or essays relating to
civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...
or any other new equipment of invention relating to engineering or surveying in general, which is regarded as most seminal and influential. The awards were to be open to both Englishmen and foreigners equally. After provision for the Telford Medal, the remaining income is used for up to four annual prizes for papers presented to the institution. The inaugural gold award was given in June 1837 to John Timperley for his account of the history and construction of the town docks of the Port of Kingston upon Hull, published in volume 1 of the ''Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers''; the medals carried an image of Telford on one side, and of his
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on the reverse. The bust of Telford was a design by
William Wyon William Wyon (Birmingham 1795 – 29 October 1851), was official chief engraver at the Royal Mint from 1828 until his death. Biography Wyon was born in Birmingham and, in 1809, was apprenticed to his father, Peter Wyon who was an engraver a ...
and the medal is also signed "J. S. and A. B. Wyon" a collaboration of
Joseph Shepherd Wyon Joseph Shepherd Wyon (28 July 1836 – 12 August 1873) was a British medallist and seal-engraver. Life Born in London on 28 July 1836, he was the eldest son of Benjamin Wyon. He was educated by his father, and studied in the Royal Academy Schoo ...
and his brother, Alfred Benjamin Wyon. John Macneill, James M. Rendel,
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, Peter Barlow, and Benedetto Albano received silver awards in the same session.


Recipients


Telford Medal

The Telford gold medal is issued generally once a year. See below for the Telford Premium of which a larger number (up to 10, may be issued each year in the silver and bronze categories).


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20th century


19th century

{, class="wikitable" style="align:left;" , - !Year !Name !Medal !Paper , - , rowspan="3" , 1897-1898 , , Arthur Henry Preece , , , , 'The Electricity Supply of London' , - , Henry Charles Stanley , , , , 'Re-erection of the Albert Bridge, Brisbane' , - , Henry Fowler, , , , 'Calcium Carbide and Acetylene' , - , rowspan="5" , 1896-1897 , , Herbert Alfred Humphrey , , , , 'The Mond Gas-Producer Plant and its Application.' , - , Colonel John Pennycuick , , , , 'The Diversion of the Periyar' , - , Edward Clapp Shankland , , , , 'Steel Skeleton Construction in Chicago' , - , Thomas Holgate , , , , 'The Enrichment of Coal-Gas' , - ,
Dugald Drummond Dugald Drummond (1 January 1840 – 8 November 1912) was a Scottish steam locomotive engineer. He had a career with the North British Railway, LB&SCR, Caledonian Railway and London and South Western Railway. He was the older brother of the eng ...
, , , , 'Investigation into the Use of Progressive High Pressures in Non-compound Locomotive Engines' , - , rowspan="4" , 1895-1896 , ,
Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey (9 November 1853 – 3 October 1925) was an Irish-born engineer and captain in the Royal Engineers, known as the creator of the Sankey diagram. Biography Sankey was born at Nenagh in County Tipperary in 1 ...
, , , , 'The Thermal Efficiency of Steam Engines' , - ,
James Alfred Ewing Sir James Alfred Ewing MInstitCE (27 March 1855 − 7 January 1935) was a Scottish physicist and engineer, best known for his work on the magnetic properties of metals and, in particular, for his discovery of, and coinage of the word, '' h ...
, , , , 'The Magnetic Testing of Iron and Steel' , - , John Oliver Arnold , , , , 'The Influence of Carbon on Iron.' , - , George Henry Hill , , , , 'The Thirlmere Works for the Water-Supply of Manchester' , - , rowspan="4", 1894-1895, , William Duff Bruce , , , , 'The Kidderpur Docks, Calcutta' , - , Sigvard Johnson Berg , , , , 'The St. Gothard Mountain Railway and the Stanzerhorn Cable Railway' , - , Archibald Sharp , , , , 'Circular Wheel Teeth' , - , Henry Gill, , , , Posthumously for 'The Filtration of the Muggel Lake Water Supply, Berlin' , - , rowspan="2" , 1893-1894 , , William John Bird Clerke , , , , Construction of the masonry dam at Tansa , - , Sakuro Tanabe , , , , 'The Lake Biwa to Kioto Canal' , - , rowspan="6" , 1892-1893 , , Peter William Willans , , , , 'Steam Engine Trials' , - ,
Mathew Buchan Jamieson Mathew (often Matthew) Buchan Jamieson (16 May 1860 – 17 August 1895), was a Scottish-born engineer in Australia, closely identified with the young town of Broken Hill, New South Wales. History Jamieson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the fourth ...
and John Howell , , , , 'Mining and Ore-Treatment at Broken Hill, New South Wales' , - , George Shattuck Morison , , , , 'The River Piers of the Memphis Bridge' , - , Robert Gordon , , , , 'Hydraulic Work in the Irrawaddy Delta' , - ,
Alan Brebner Alan Brebner MInstCE () was a Scottish civil engineer, primarily associated with the Stevenson family who designed and built the majority of lighthouses in and around Scotland over several generations. Early life Brebner was born in Edinbu ...
, , , , 'Relative Powers of Lighthouse Lenses' , - , Alexander Pelham Trotter , , The Distribution and Measurement of Illumination , - , rowspan="3" , 1891-1892 , , Francis Fox , , , , 'The Hawarden Bridge' , - , Alfred Weeks Szlumper , , , , "Widening and Improvement Works London and South Western Railway Metropolitan Extension". , - ,
Thomas Hudson Beare Sir Thomas Hudson Beare FRSE RSSA (30 June 1859 – 10 June 1940) was an eminent British engineer. He was successively Professor of Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, at University College, London (where he was a colleague of ...
, , , , "The Building-Stones of Great Britain: their Crushing Strength and other Properties". , - , 1890-1891 , ,
Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton, CB, FRS (31 May 1845 – 15 February 1940) was a British electrical engineer, industrialist and inventor. He was a pioneer of electric lighting and public electricity supply systems. The company he formed, Crom ...
, , , , , - , rowspan= "3", 1889-1890 , , John Robinson , , , , 'The Barry Dock Works including the Hydraulic Machinery and the Mode of Tipping Coal' , - , Charles Ormsby Burge , , , , , - , Frederick Thomas Granville Walton , , , , Chief Engineer of Dufferin Bridge, India, 1887 , - , rowspan="2" , 1888-1889 , ,
Gisbert Kapp Gisbert Johann Eduard Kapp (2 September 1852, Mauer, Vienna – 10 August 1922, Birmingham) was an Austrian-English electrical engineer. His parents were an Austrian counselor Gisbert Kapp and Luisa Kapp-Young. After finishing his studies i ...
, , , , 'Alternate Current Machinery' , - , Edgar Worthington , , , , , - , rowspan="3" , 1887-1888 , ,
Robert Abbott Hadfield Sir Robert Abbott Hadfield, 1st Baronet FRS (28 November 1858 in Sheffield – 30 September 1940 in Surrey) was an English metallurgist, noted for his 1882 discovery of manganese steel, one of the first steel alloys. He also invented silicon ...
, , , , 'Manganese in its Application to Metallurgy and Some Newly discovered Properties of Iron and Manganese' , - ,
Edward Hopkinson Edward Hopkinson (28 May 1859 – 15 January 1922) was a British electrical engineer and Conservative politician. He was the fourth son of John Hopkinson, an engineer who was mayor of Manchester in 1882/83.''Obituary: A Great Engineer, Mr Edwa ...
, , , , 'Electrical Tramway: the Bessbrook and Newry Tramway' , - , Josiah Pierce Jun , , , , 'The Economic Use of the Plane-Table in Topographical Surveying' , - , rowspan="3" , 1885-1886 , ,
Gisbert Kapp Gisbert Johann Eduard Kapp (2 September 1852, Mauer, Vienna – 10 August 1922, Birmingham) was an Austrian-English electrical engineer. His parents were an Austrian counselor Gisbert Kapp and Luisa Kapp-Young. After finishing his studies i ...
, , , , 'Modern Continuous Current Dynamo-Electric Machines and their Engines' , - , Charles Edmund Stromeyer , , , , ‘The Injurious Effect of a Blue Heat on Steel and Iron’ , - , Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt , , , , 'The River Seine' , - , rowspan="5" , 1883-1884 , ,
Thomas Andrews Thomas Andrews Jr. (7 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was a British businessman and shipbuilder. He was managing director and head of the drafting department of the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland. He was the nava ...
, , , , 'Galvanic Action between Wrought Iron, Cast Metals, and various Steels, during long exposure in Sea-water' , - ,
George Howard Darwin Sir George Howard Darwin, (9 July 1845 – 7 December 1912) was an English barrister and astronomer, the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin. Biography George H. Darwin was born at Down House, Kent, the fifth chil ...
, , , , , , , - , Sir Samuel Bagster Boulton, Bt , , , , 'The Antiseptic Treatment of Timber' , - , William Foster , , , , 'Experiments on the Composition and Destructive Distillation of Coal' , - , Francis Collingwood , , , , 'On Repairing the Cables of the Allegheny Suspension Bridge at Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A' , - , rowspan="3" , 1882-1883 , , Ralph Hart Tweddell , , , , 'On Machine-Tools, and other Labour-saving Appliances, worked by Hydraulic-Pressure,' , - ,
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, , , , 'Antwerp Waterworks' , - , George Howard , , , , , - , rowspan = "3", 1881-1882 , , Theophilus Seyrig , , , , , - , Max an Ende , , , , , - , James Weyrauch , , , , , - , , 1880-1881 , , Benjamin Walker , , , , 'Machinery for Steel Making by Bessemer and Siemens Processes.' , - , rowspan="3" , 1879-1880 , , James Bower Mackenzie , , , , 'The Avonmouth Dock.' , - , Adam Fettiplace Blandy , , , , 'Dock Gates' , - , Joseph Lucas , , , , Hydrogeological surveys , - , 1877-1878 , ,
Frederick Augustus Abel Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet (17 July 18276 September 1902) was an English chemist who was recognised as the leading British authority on explosives. He is best known for the invention of cordite as a replacement for gunpowder in f ...
, , , , , - , 1876-1877 , , Benjamin Baker , , , , Cleopatra's Needle , - , rowspan = "4", 1874-1875 , ,
George Deacon Sir George Edward Raven Deacon CBE FRS FRSE (21 March 1906 – 16 November 1984) was a British oceanographer and chemist. Life He was born in Leicester, the son of George Raven Deacon and his wife Emma (née Drinkwater). He was educated ...
, , , , 'On the Constant and Intermittent Supply of Water' , - , William Hackney , , , , 'The Manufacture of Steel' , - ,
Harry Edward Jones Harry Edward Jones (1843 – 24 March 1925) was a British civil engineer. Jones was born the son of gasworks engineer Robert Jones in Chester in 1843 and educated at the City of London School and Stepney Grammar School. In 1859 he was apprent ...
, , , , 'The Construction of Gasworks' , - , Alexander Richardson Binnie , , , , 'The Nagpur Waterworks' , - , rowspan="3" , 1873-1874 , ,
Bindon Blood Stoney Bindon Blood Stoney FRS (13 June 1828, Oakley Park, County Offaly – 5 May 1909, Dublin) was an Irish engineer who also made some significant contributions to astronomy. Family A son of George Stoney (1792–) and Anne Blood (1801–1883), St ...
, , , , 'On the construction of Harbour and Marine Works' , - , Richard Christopher Rapier , , , , 'On the Fixed Signals of Railways' , - ,
Joseph Prestwich Sir Joseph Prestwich, FRS (12 March 1812 – 23 June 1896) was a British geologist and businessman, known as an expert on the Tertiary Period and for having confirmed the findings of Boucher de Perthes of ancient flint tools in the Somme vall ...
, , , , 'On the Geological Conditions affecting the Construction of a Tunnel between England and France' , - , rowspan="5" , 1872-1873 , ,
Bradford Leslie Sir Bradford Leslie KCIE (1831-1926) was an English civil engineer who specialised in bridges and was a pupil of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. His most notable achievement was the 1887 Jubilee Bridge. Early life Leslie was born in London on 18 Au ...
, , , , 'Account of the Bridge over the Gorai River, on the Goalundo Extension of the Eastern Bengal Railway' , - ,
Carl Wilhelm Siemens Sir Carl Wilhelm Siemens (4 April 1823 – 19 November 1883), anglicised to Charles William Siemens, was a German-British electrical engineer and businessman. Biography Siemens was born in the village of Lenthe, today part of Gehrden, near Han ...
, , , , 'Pneumatic Despatch Tubes' , - , William Bell , , , , 'On the Stresses of Rigid Arches, Continuous Beams and Curved Structures' , - , John Herbert Latham , , , , 'The Soonkesala Canal of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company' , - , George Gordon , , , , 'The Value of Water and its Storage and Distribution in Southern India' , - , rowspan="4" , 1870-1871 , ,
Edward Dobson Edward Dobson (1816/17? – 19 September 1908) was Provincial Engineer for Canterbury Province, New Zealand from 1854 to 1868. Early life Edward Dobson was born in London, probably in 1816 or 1817. His parents were John Dobson, a merchant, and E ...
, , , , 'Memoir on the Public Works of the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand' , - ,
Thomas Sopwith Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was an English aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman. Early life Sopwith was born in Kensington, London, on 18 January 1888. He was the e ...
, , , , 'The Dressing of Lead Ores' , - ,
James Nicholas Douglass Sir James Nicholas Douglass, (16 October 1826 – 19 June 1898) was an English civil engineer, a prolific lighthouse builder and designer, most famous for the design and construction of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse, for which he was kn ...
, , , , 'The Wolf Rock Lighthouse' , - ,
Bernhard Samuelson Sir Bernhard Samuelson, 1st Baronet, (22 November 1820 – 10 May 1905) was an industrialist, educationalist and a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in 1859 and from 18 ...
, , , , 'On the Construction of Blast Furnaces' , - , rowspan="6" , 1869-1870 , , Jules Gaudard , , , , 'On the Present State of Knowledge as to the Strength and Resistance of Materials' , - , William Shelford , , , , 'On the Outfall of the River Humber' , - , Zerah Colborne , , , , 'On American Locomotives and Rolling Stock' , - , Thomas Nesham Kirkham , , , , 'Experiments on the Standards of Comparison employed for Testing the Illuminating Power of Coal Gas' , - , John Ellacott , , , , 'Description of the Low Water Basin at Birkenhead' , - , David Thomas Ansted , , , , 'On the Lagoons and Marshes of certain parts of the Shores of the Mediterranean' , - , rowspan="6" , 1868-1869 , , George Higgin , , , , 'Irrigation in Spain chiefly in reference to the Construction of the Henares and Esla Canals in that Country' , - , Christer Peter Sandberg , , , , 'On the Manufacture and Wear of Rails' , - , Lieutenant Colonel Peter Pierce Lyons O’Connell , , , , 'On the Relation of the Fresh Water Floods of Rivers to the Areas and Physical Features of their Basins' , - , William Wilson , , , , 'Description of the Victoria Bridge on the line of the Victoria Station and Pimloco Railway' , - , Charles Douglas , , , , 'On New Railways at Battersea; with the Widening of the Victoria Bridge and Approaches to the Victoria Station' , - ,
John Wolfe Barry Sir John Wolfe Barry (7 December 1836 – 22 January 1918), the youngest son of famous architect Sir Charles Barry, was an English civil engineer of the late 19th and early 20th century. His most famous project is Tower Bridge over the River ...
, , , , 'On the City Terminus Extension of the Charing Cross Railway' , - , rowspan="3" , 1866-1867 , ,
James Timmins Chance Sir James Timmins Chance, 1st Baronet (22 March 1814 – 6 January 1902''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Chance, James Timmins, first baronet'', by Charles Welch), was an English industrialist, philanthropist, director of the London ...
, , , , 'On Optical Apparatus used in Lighthouses' , - , Edward Byrne , , , , 'Removal of Organic and Inorganic Substances in Water' , - ,
George Biddell Airy Sir George Biddell Airy (; 27 July 18012 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the E ...
Astronomer Royal Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from 22 June 1675; the junior is the Astronomer Royal for Scotland dating from 1834. The post ...
, , , , 'On the use of the Suspension Bridge with Stiffened Roadway for Railway and other Bridges of Great Span' , - , rowspan="5" , 1865-1866 , , Richard Price Williams , , , , , - , Calcott Reilly , , , , 'On Uniform Stress in Girder Work, illustrated by reference to two bridges recently built' , - , Edwin Clark , , , , The Hydraulic Lift Graving Dock , - , Robert Manning , , , , The flow of water off the ground in the Woodburn District near Carrickfergus , - , Joseph William Bazalgette, , , , On the Main Drainage of London, and the Interception of the Sewage from the River Thames , - , rowspan="3" , 1864-1865 , ,
Matthew Digby Wyatt Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (28 July 1820 – 21 May 1877) was a British architect and art historian who became Secretary of the Great Exhibition, Surveyor of the East India Company and the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Ca ...
, , , , the construction of the Exhibition building , - ,
Charles Tilston Bright Sir Charles Tilston Bright (8 June 1832 – 3 May 1888) was a British electrical engineer who oversaw the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858, for which work he was knighted. Life Born on 8 June 1832 in Wanstead, Essex, B ...
, , , , Submarine Telegraphy to China and Australia , - ,
Henry Whatley Tyler Sir Henry Whatley Tyler (7 March 1827 – 30 January 1908) was a pioneering British engineer and politician, who contributed to the Great Exhibition of 1851 and whose collections helped found the Science Museum in South Kensington. His interests ...
, , , , 'The Festiniog for Passengers' , - , rowspan="4" , 1863-1864 , , John Brunton , , , , 'Description of the Line and Works of the Scinde Railway' , - , James Robert Mosse , , , , 'On American Timber Bridges' , - , Zerah Colburn , , , , 'On American Iron Bridges' , - ,
Harrison Hayter Harrison Hayter (10 April 1825 – 5 May 1898) was a British engineer, participating in many significant railway construction projects in Britain and many harbour and dock constructions worldwide. Biography Hayter was born at Flushing ne ...
, , , , 'On the Charing Cross Bridge' , - , rowspan="3" , 1861-1862 , ,
William Henry Preece Sir William Henry Preece (15 February 1834 – 6 November 1913) was a Welsh electrical engineer and inventor. Preece relied on experiments and physical reasoning in his life's work. Upon his retirement from the Post Office in 1899, Preece was m ...
, , , , 'On the Maintenance and Durability of Submarine Cables in Shallow Waters' , - ,
George Parker Bidder George Parker Bidder (13 June 1806 – 20 September 1878) was an English engineer and calculating prodigy.W. W. Rouse Ball (1960) ''Calculating Prodigies'', in Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Macmillan, New York, chapter 13. Early life B ...
, , , , 'The National Defences' , - ,
Francis Fox Francis Fox (born December 2, 1939) is a former member of the Senate of Canada, Canadian Cabinet minister, and Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, and thus was a senior aide to Prime Minister Paul Martin. He also worked as ...
, , , , 'On the Results of Trials of Varieties of Iron Permanent Way' , - , rowspan="2" , 1859-1860 , , James John Berkeley , , , , 'On Indian Railways, with a description of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway' , - , Richard Boxall Grantham , , , , On Arterial Drainage and Outfalls' , - , rowspan="4" , 1858-1859 , ,
Robert Mallet Robert Mallet (3 June 1810 – 5 November 1881) was an Irish geophysicist, civil engineer, and inventor who distinguished himself in research on earthquakes and is sometimes called the father of seismology. His son, Frederick Richard Mallet was ...
, , , , 'on the Coefficients of Elasticity and Rupture in Wrought Iron.' , - , Sir
Henry Bessemer Sir Henry Bessemer (19 January 1813 – 15 March 1898) was an English inventor, whose steel-making process would become the most important technique for making steel in the nineteenth century for almost one hundred years from 1856 to 1950. He ...
, , , , The Bessemer Process , - , Michael Scott , , , , 'Description of the breakwater at the Port of Blyth and of improvements in breakwaters applicable to harbours of refuge' , - , William Joseph Kingsbury , , , , 'Description of the entrance, entrance lock and jetty walls of the Victoria (London) docks' , - , rowspan="6" , 1857-1858 , , James Atkinson Longridge , , , , 'On submersing telegraph cables' , - , George Robertson , , , , 'An Investigation into the Theory and Practice of Hydraulic Mortar' , - , James Henderson , , , , 'on the Methods generally employed in Cornwall in dressing Tin and Copper Ores' , - , Robert Jacomb-Hood , , , , 'On the Arrangement and Construction of Railway Stations' , - , Major-General George Borlase Tremenheere , , , , 'On public works in the Bengal Presidency' , - , Alfred Giles , , , , 'On the Construction of the Southampton Docks' , - , rowspan="4" , 1856-1857 , ,
Daniel Kinnear Clark Daniel Kinnear Clark (17 July 1822 – 22 January 1896) was a Scottish consulting railway engineer. He served as Locomotive Superintendent to the Great North of Scotland Railway between 1853 and 1855, and also wrote comprehensive books on railw ...
, , , , 'On the Improvement of Railway Locomotive Stock' , - , Robert Hunt , , , , 'On Electro-Magnetism as a Motive Power' , - , George Rennie , , , , 'On the Employment of Rubble Beton, or Concrete, in Works of Engineering or Architecture' , - , William Bridges Adams , , , , 'On the Varieties of Permanent Way, practically used, or tried, on Railways' , - , rowspan="5" , 1855-1856 , , John Murray , , , , 'On the Progressive Construction of the Sunderland Docks' , - , John Mortimer Heppel , , , , 'On the relative proportions of the Top, Bottom, and Middle Webs of Iron Girders and Tubes' , - , Henry Robinson , , , , 'On the Past and Present Condition of the River Thames' , - ,
Charles Robert Drysdale Charles Robert Drysdale (1829 – 2 December 1907) was an English engineer, physician, public health scientist, and supporter of birth control. He was the first President of the Malthusian League
, , , , 'On Steep Gradients of Railways and the Locomotives employed' , - , Frederick M. Kelly , , , , 'On the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the practicability of a Ship Canal without Locks, by the Valley of the Atrato' , - , rowspan="4" , 1854-1855 , , Edward Ellis Allen , , , , 'On the Comparative Cost of Transit, by Steam and Sailing Colliers, and on the Different Modes of Ballasting' , - , James Barton , , , , 'On the Economic Distribution of Material in the Sides, or Vertical Portion of Wrought-Iron Beams' , - , Richard Alexander Robinson , , , , 'On the Application of the Screw Propeller, to the Larger Class of Sailing Vessels' , - , Joseph Phillips , , , , 'Description of the Iron Roof, in one Span, over the Joint Railway Station, New Street, Birmingham' , - , rowspan="5" , 1853-1854 , ,
Nathaniel Beardmore Nathaniel Beardmore (19 March 1816 – 24 August 1872) was a British civil engineer known for his textbook on hydraulic engineering, and his work on water projects associated with the River Lea. Life and career Beardmore was born on 19 March ...
, , , , 'Description of the Navigation and Drainage Works, recently executed on the Tidal portion of the River Lea' , - , Andrew Henderson , , , , 'On the Speed and other properties of Ocean Steamers and on the measurement of Ships for Tonnage' , - , John Pigott Smith , , , , 'On Macadamised Roads, for the Streets of Towns' , - ,
Alfred Charles Hobbs Alfred Charles Hobbs (October 7, 1812 – November 6, 1891) was an American locksmith and inventor. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1812; his father was a carpenter. He married Charlotte F. Nye (1815-?) of Sandwich, Massachusetts, ...
, , , , 'On the Principles and Construction of Locks' , - , James Yates , , , , 'On the means of attaining to Uniformity in European Measures, Weights and Coins' , - , rowspan="9" , 1852-1853 , , John Coode , , , , 'Description of the Chesil Bank' , - ,
Daniel Kinnear Clark Daniel Kinnear Clark (17 July 1822 – 22 January 1896) was a Scottish consulting railway engineer. He served as Locomotive Superintendent to the Great North of Scotland Railway between 1853 and 1855, and also wrote comprehensive books on railw ...
, , , , 'Experimental Investigation of the Principles of the Boilers of Locomotive Engines' , - , William Alexander Brooks , , , , 'On the Improvement of Tidal Navigation and Drainages' , - , John Barker Huntington , , , , 'Observations on Salt Water, and its application to the Generation of Steam' , - , Harry Potter Burt , , , , 'On the Nature and Properties of Timber, with notices of several methods now in use for its preservation from Decay' , - , Thomas Duncan , , , , 'Description of the Liverpool Corporation Water Works' , - ,
Charles William Siemens Sir Carl Wilhelm Siemens (4 April 1823 – 19 November 1883), anglicised to Charles William Siemens, was a German-British electrical engineer and businessman. Biography Siemens was born in the village of Lenthe, today part of Gehrden, near Han ...
, , , , 'On the Conversion of Heat into Mechanical Effect' , - , Benjamin Cheverton , , , , 'On the use of Heated Air as a Motive Power' , - , James Barrett , , , , 'On the Construction of Fire Proof Buildings' , - , rowspan="8" , 1851-1852 , , Captain
Mark Huish Captain Mark Huish (9 March 1808 – 18 January 1867) was an English railway manager. He is best known for his term as General Manager of the London & North Western Railway, a position he held for 12 years, beginning from the Company's formation ...
, , , , 'On Railway Accidents' , - , Braithwaite Poole , , , , 'On the Economy of Railways ‘ , - , Colonel
Samuel Colt Samuel Colt (; July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now Colt's Manufacturing Company) and made the mass production of r ...
, , , , 'On Applications of Machinery to the Manufacture of Rotating Chamber-breech Fire-arms and the peculiarities of those Arms' , - , Frederick Richard Window , , , , 'On the Electric Telegraph and the principal improvements in its construction' , - , Charles Coles Adley , , , , 'On the History, Theory and Practice of the Electric Telegraph' , - ,
Eugène Bourdon Eugène Bourdon (1808–1884) was a French watchmaker and engineer. He is the inventor of the Bourdon tube pressure gauge for which he obtained a patent in 1849. Biography Eugène Bourdon was born in Paris on 8 April 1808, the son of a silk merch ...
, , , , 'Description of the new Metallic Manometer and other instruments for measuring Pressures and Temperatures' , - , Pierre Hippolyte Boutigny (d’Évreux) , , , , 'Description of a new Diaphragm Steam Generator' , - , George Frederick White , , , , 'Observations on Artificial or Portland Cement' , - , rowspan="6" , 1850-1851 , ,
Samuel Clegg Samuel Clegg (2 March 1781 – 8 January 1861) was a British engineer, known mostly for his development of the gas works process. Biography Clegg was born at Manchester on 2 March 1781, received a scientific education under the care of Dr. Dalt ...
, , , , 'On Foundations, Natural and Artificial' , - ,
Matthew Digby Wyatt Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (28 July 1820 – 21 May 1877) was a British architect and art historian who became Secretary of the Great Exhibition, Surveyor of the East India Company and the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Ca ...
, , , , 'On the Construction of the Building for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations 1851' , - , Henry Swinburne , , , , 'Account of the Sea Walls at Penmaenmawr, on the line of the
Chester and Holyhead Railway The Chester and Holyhead Railway was an early railway company conceived to improve transmission of Government dispatches between London and Ireland, as well as ordinary railway objectives. Its construction was hugely expensive, chiefly due to ...
' , - , George Barclay Bruce , , , , 'Description of the Bridge built over the River Tweed, on the line of the
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (YN&BR) was an English railway company formed in 1847 by the amalgamation of the York and Newcastle Railway and the Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Both companies were part of the group of business interest ...
' , - , John Hughes , , , , 'On the Pheumatic method adopted in constructing the Foundations of the new Bridge across the Medway, at Rochester' , - , William Price Struve Hughes , , , , 'On the Ventilation of Collieries, theoretically and practically considered' , - , rowspan="10" , 1849-1850 , ,
William George Armstrong William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, (26 November 1810 – 27 December 1900) was an English engineer and industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing concern on Tyneside. He was also an eminent scientist, inventor ...
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William Henry Barlow William Henry Barlow FRS FRSE FICE MIMechE (10 May 1812 – 12 November 1902) was an English civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with railway engineering projects. Barlow was involved in many engineering ent ...
, , , , 'On the Construction of the Permanent Way of Railways' , - , William Taylor , , , , 'On the Street Paving of the Metropolis' , - , George Benjamin Thorneycroft , , , , 'On the Manufacture of Malleable Iron and on the strength of Railway Axles' , - , Rev James Charles Clutterbuck , , , , 'On the periodical alternations and progressive permanent depression of the Chalk-water Level under London' , - , John Chubb , , , , 'On the Construction of Locks and Keys' , - , Richard Turner , , , , 'Description of the Iron Roof over the
Lime Street station Liverpool Lime Street is a terminus railway station and the main station serving the city centre of Liverpool. Opened in August 1836, it is the oldest still-operating grand terminus mainline station in the world. A branch of the West Coast ...
, Liverpool' , - , Lt Col John Augustus Lloyd , , , , 'On the facilities for the construction of a Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Panama' , - ,
Edward Cowper Edward Shickle Cowper (1790–1852) was an English printing engineer, inventor, and academic. Life Cowper went into partnership as a printer with his brother-in-law, Augustus Applegath, around 1813, when their employer William Cornish died. A pr ...
, , , , 'On Printing Machines' , - , John Patton , , , , 'Description of the Southend Pier and treatise on the habits of the Toredo navalis' , - , rowspan="3" , 1849 , , John Thornhill Harrison , , , , 'Observations on the Obstructions to Navigation in Tidal Rivers' , - , Colonel Harry David Jones , , , , 'Description and drawings of the Bridge at Athlone' , - , Robert Benson Dockray , , , , 'Description and drawings of the Camden Station, London and North Western Railway’ , - , rowspan="4" , 1848 , , John Thornhill Harrison , , , , 'Observations on the Causes that are in constant operation, tending to alter the Outline of Coats, to effect the Entrances of Rivers and Harbours, and to form Shoals and Deeps in the bed of the Sea' , - , Right Honourable the
Earl of Lovelace Earl of Lovelace was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1838 for William King-Noel, 8th Baron King, a title created in 1725. History The King or Locke King family stems from the elevation of the son of Jerome ...
, , , , 'On Harbours of Refuge' , - , Alexander Mitchell , , , , ‘On Submarine Foundations, particularly the Screw Pile and Mooring’ , - ,
Frederick Ransome Frederick Ransome (1818–1893) was a British inventor and industrialist, creator of Ransome's artificial stone. Frederick was the son of James Ransome, 1782–1849, a member of the Ransomes steel and agricultural equipment-making family of Ip ...
, , , , 'On the production of Artificial Stone, by the combination of Silica, in a liquid form, with Sand and other materials' , - , rowspan="5" , 1847 , , George Briant Wheeler Jackson , , , , 'Account of the GreatNorth Holland Canal' , - ,
Joshua Richardson Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...
, , , , 'On the Ventilation of Mines' , - , John Murray , , , , 'Account of the progressive improvements in Sunderland Harbour and the River Wear' , - , Joseph Glynn , , , , 'Review of the plans that have been proposed for connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by a Navigable Canal' , - ,
Charles Frodsham Charles Frodsham (15 April 1810 – 11 January 1871) was a distinguished English horologist, establishing the firm of Charles Frodsham & Co, which remains in existence as the longest continuously trading firm of chronometer manufacturers in the ...
, , , , 'On the Laws of Isochronism of the Balance Spring, as connected with the higher order of adjustment of Watches and Chronometers' , - , rowspan="7" , 1846 , ,
William Henry Barlow William Henry Barlow FRS FRSE FICE MIMechE (10 May 1812 – 12 November 1902) was an English civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with railway engineering projects. Barlow was involved in many engineering ent ...
, , , , 'On the existence (practically) of the line of equal Horizontal Thrust in Arches' , - , George Snell , , , , 'On the Stability of Arches' , - , Wyndham Harding , , , , 'On the Resistance to Railway Trains at different velocities' , - ,
Edward Leader Williams Sir Edward Leader Williams (28 April 1828 – 1 January 1910) was an English civil engineer, chiefly remembered as the designer of the Manchester Ship Canal, but also heavily involved in other canal projects in north Cheshire. Early life ...
, , , , 'Description of the Improvements of the River Severn' The description of the award is correct but the link is to the wrong Edward L Williams; the link being to his son. , - , William Parkes , , , , 'On the estuary of the River Severn' , - , William West , , , , 'On Water for Locomotive Engines' , - , Dr Louis Antoine Ritterbandt , , , , 'Description of a method of preventing the Incrustation of Steam Boilers' , -, , rowspan="2" , 1845, , Philip Chilwell De La Garde , , , , 'Memoir of the Canal at Exeter from 1563 to 1724' , - , George Edwards , , , , 'On blasting Marl Rocks under water in the River Severn'{ , - , rowspan="11" , 1844 , ,
William Fairbairn Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick (19 February 1789 – 18 August 1874) was a Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer Structural engineers analyze, design, plan, and research structural components and structural systems ...
, , , , 'On the properties of Iron Ores of Samakoff, in Turkey.' , - , John Murray , , , , 'Descriptions and drawings of the removal of the lighthouse on the north pier at Sunderland' , - ,
James Bremner James Bremner (25 September 1784 – August 1856), a notable Scottish naval architect, harbour builder and ship-raiser. Life and work James, the youngest of the nine children of Janet and James Bremner, was born in Stain, near Keiss, in the p ...
, , , , 'On Pulteney Town Harbour "Secret Harbour" A new Piling Engine' and 'an Apparatus for floating large stones for Harbour Works' , - , Andrew Murray , , , , 'On the construction and proper proportions of Steam Boilers' , - ,
Alexander Angus Croll Alexander Angus Croll (1811-1887) was a British civil engineer who patented a method of purifying town gas of ammonia. He was Sheriff of the City of London. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London ...
, , , , 'On the purification of Coal Gas' , - , James Braidwood , , , , ‘The means of rendering large supplies of Water available in cases of Fire etc’ , - , Jacob Samuda , , , , 'Account of the Atmospheric Railway' , - ,
Charles Hutton Gregory Sir Charles Hutton Gregory (14 October 1817 – 10 January 1898) was an English people, English civil engineer. He was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers between December 1867 and December 1869. Charles was the son of Oli ...
, , , , 'On Railway Cuttings and Embankments' , - , Captain William Scarth Moorsom , , , , 'Description and drawings of the Avon Bridge at Tewkesbury' , - ,
Thomas Grissell Thomas Grissell (4 October 1801 – 26 May 1874) was an English public works contractor who was responsible for constructing a number of prestigious buildings in England. Early life and education Thomas Grissell was born in Stockwell, South Lo ...
, , , , 'Description and Model of the Scaffolding used in erecting
Nelson's Column Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built to commemorate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar over the combined French and Spanish navies, during whic ...
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Charles Manby Charles Manby, FRS FRSA (4 February 1804 – 31 July 1884) was Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 1839 to 1856, and engineer of the first iron steamer to cross the English Channel. Fluent in French, he installed gas ...
, , , , 'History of the Canal and Sluices at Katwyk' and 'Description and works of the Amsterdam and Rotterdam Railway' , - , rowspan="3" , 1843 , ,
Frederick Walter Simms Frederick Walter Simms (24 December 1803 – 27 February 1865) was a British civil engineer. Born in London, Simms suffered from ill-health in his younger years (as his obituary put it, he was "of delicate constitution", and some difficulty was ...
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William Pole William Pole FRS FRSE MICE (22 April 181430 December 1900) was an English engineer, astronomer, musician and an authority on Whist. Life He was born in Birmingham on 22 April 1814, the son of Thomas Pole. Pole was apprenticed as an engineer t ...
, , , , 'On the friction of Steam Engines etc.' , - ,
Thomas Oldham Thomas Oldham (4 May 1816, Dublin – 17 July 1878, Rugby) was an Anglo-Irish geologist. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and studied civil engineering at the University of Edinburgh as well as geology under Robert Jameson. In 183 ...
, , , , 'Descriptions and drawings of the Automaton Balance invented by Mr Cotton and used at the Bank of England for weighing sovereigns' , - , rowspan="4" , 1842 , , Robert Thomas Atkinson , , , , 'On the sinking and tubbing or coffering of pits, as practiced in the Coal Districts of the North of England' , - , William Cotton , , , , 'Memoir of Captain Huddart' , - , Chevalier Frederik Willem Conrad , , , , 'History of the Canal of Katwyk (Holland), with an account of the principal Works upon it' , - , James John Wilkinson , , , , 'Historical Account of the various kinds of Sheathing for Vessels' , - , rowspan="5" , 1841 , ,
John Frederick Bateman John Frederick La Trobe Bateman (30 May 1810 – 10 June 1889) was an English civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry. For more than 50 years from 1835 he designed and constructed reser ...
, , , , 'account of the bann reservoirs, county down, ireland' , - , Samuel Seaward , , , , 'the action of auxiliary steam power to sailing vessels upon long voyages' , - , Benjamin Green , , , , 'description of the arched timber viaducts on the
Newcastle and North Shields Railway The Newcastle & North Shields Railway opened in June 1839 from a temporary terminus in Carliol Square in Newcastle upon Tyne to North Shields. The railway was absorbed by the Newcastle & Berwick Railway in November 1844. The Newcastle & Berwick ...
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Thomas Sopwith Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was an English aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman. Early life Sopwith was born in Kensington, London, on 18 January 1888. He was the e ...
, , , , 'the construction and use of geological models in connection with civil engineering' , - , Dr Charles Schafhaeutl , , , , 'a new universal photometer' 'on the circumstances under which the explosions of steam boilers frequently occur' , - , rowspan="5" , 1840 , , James Leslie , , , , 'Account of the Works of Dundee Harbour' , - ,
Robert Mallet Robert Mallet (3 June 1810 – 5 November 1881) was an Irish geophysicist, civil engineer, and inventor who distinguished himself in research on earthquakes and is sometimes called the father of seismology. His son, Frederick Richard Mallet was ...
, , , , 'On the Corrosion of Cast and Wrought Iron in Water' , - , Charles Bourns , , , , 'On Setting-out Railway Curves' , - , Henry Chapman , , , , 'Description and Drawings of a Machine for describing the Profile of a Road' , - , Henry Renton , , , , 'Description and Drawing of a Self-acting Wasteboard on the River Ouse' , - , rowspan="7" , 1839 , ,
Edward Woods Edward Woods (July 5, 1903 – October 8, 1989) was an American actor. He is probably best known for his extensive role as Matt Doyle in ''The Public Enemy'' opposite James Cagney. Life and career Woods' parents were Mary Clark and Will ...
, , , , 'the forms of locomotive engines' , - , John Edward Jones , , , , 'Sewage at Westminster' , - ,
Charles Hood Charles Hood (1826–1883) was an English officer in the British Army. He led the ladder party in the attack on the Redan in October 1855 and commanded the Buffs on entry into Sebastopol during the Crimean War, and as lieutenant-colonel comman ...
, , , , 'Warming and ventilating buildings' , - , Charles Wye Williams , , , , 'The properties and application of turf and turf coke' , - , Lieutenant Frederick Pollock , , , , 'Coffer dam at
Westminster Bridge Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats in the H ...
' , - , Robert William Mylne , , , , 'The well sunk by the
New River Company The New River Company, formally The Governor and Company of the New River brought from Chadwell and Amwell to London, was a privately-owned water supply company in London, England, originally formed around 1609 and incorporated in 1619 by roy ...
at their reservoir at the Hampstead Road' , - , John Baldry Redman , , , , 'Description and drawings of Bow Bridge' , -, , rowspan="13" , 1838 , ,
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel (; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history," "one of the 19th-century engineering giants," and "one ...
, , , , Invention of the shield at the Thames Tunnel , - , John Pinchbeck , , , , Drawing of the shield at the Thames Tunne , - ,
Eugenius Birch Eugenius Birch (20 June 1818 – 8 January 1884) was a 19th-century English seaside architect, civil engineer and noted builder of promenade-piers. Biography Both Eugenius and his elder brother, John Brannis (born 1813), were born in Gloucester ...
, , , , Drawing of Huddart's rope machinery , - , George Drysdale Dempsey , , , , Drawing of Huddart's rope machinery , - , James Green , , , , Canal Lifts on the Great Western Canal , - ,
Francis Whishaw Francis Whishaw (13 July 1804 – October 1856) was an English civil engineer. He was known for his role in the Society of Arts, and as a writer on railways. Later in life he was a promoter of telegraph companies. Life Francis Whishaw was born 1 ...
, , , , 'History of Westminster Bridge' , - , Lieutenant Denison , , , , 'On the strength of American timber' , - , Thomas Wicksteed , , , , 'on the Effective Pressure of Steam in the Cornish Condensing Engine' , - ,
William Jory Henwood William Jory Henwood Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (16 January 18055 August 1875), Cornish people, Cornish mining geologist, was born at Perranarworthal, Perran Wharf, Cornwall. In 1822 he commenced work as a clerk in an office of the Perran F ...
, , , , 'on the Expansive Action of Steam in the Cylinder of some of the Cornish Engines' , - , Josiah Parkes , , , , 'On the Evaporation of Water from Steam Boilers' , - , Francis Bramah , , , , 'On the strength of Cast Iron' , - , James Meadows Rendel , , , , Particulars of the Construction of the Floating Bridge Lately Established Across the Hamoaze, between Torpoint in the County of Cornwall and Devonport in Devonshire. (Including Plates) , - ,
Stephen Ballard Corporal Stephen J. Ballard (January 28, 1985 – April 26, 2017) was a Delaware State Police Officer. On April 26, 2017 Ballard was shot and killed after approaching a suspicious vehicle at a Wawa in Bear, Delaware. A day later, the perpetrator ...
, , , , 'Drawing and account of the Pont-y-tu Prydd Bridge, in South Wales' , - , rowspan="7" , 1836 , , John Timperley , , , , An Account of the Harbour and Docks at Kingston-Upon-Hull. (Including Plates) , - , James Meadows Rendel , , , , 'Particulars on the Construction of Lary Bridge, near Plymouth (Including Plate)' , - , John Macneill , , , , 'Canal Boat experiments' , - , Michael Andrews Borthwick , , , , 'Iron Piling' , - , Benedetto Albano , , , , 'The stone bridge over the Dora at Turin' , - ,
Peter W. Barlow Peter William Barlow (1 February 1809 – 19 May 1885) was an English civil engineer, particularly associated with railways, bridges (he designed the first Lambeth Bridge, a crossing of the River Thames in London), the design of tunnels and the ...
, , , , 'Theoretical Investigation on the Form of Lock Gates' , - ,
William Gravatt William Gravatt FRS (14 July 1806 – 30 May 1866), was a noted English civil engineer and scientific instrument maker. Apprenticed as a mechanical engineer in London from aged 15, after interview he worked with Sir Marc Isambard Brunel on t ...
, , , , 'Improvement on the Spirit Level'


Undated (before 1910) recipients of Telford Medal

Source
Institute of Civil Engineers
* Frederick William Bidder * Reginald Pelham Bolton * Wifred Swanwick Boult * John Richard Brittle * Harley Hugh Dalrymple-Hay, for paper on the Waterloo & City tube * George Deuchars * William Tregarthen Douglass * Frederick Eliot Duckham *
Maurice Fitzmaurice Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice CMG (11 May 1861–17 November 1924) was an Irish civil engineer. He was apprenticed to Benjamin Baker and worked with him on the Forth Railway Bridge before going to Egypt to build the Aswan Dam for which he was a ...
, for paper on the Blackwall Tunnel, 1897 * Sir Douglas Fox * Sir
Charles Augustus Hartley Sir Charles Augustus Hartley KCMG FRSE MICE (3 February 1825 – 20 February 1915) was an eminent British civil engineer in the Victorian era. Due to his extensive work mapping the longest river in western Europe, he became known as 'The Father ...
*
David Hay David Hay (born 29 January 1948) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He broke into the Celtic team in the late 1960s, as one of a generation of players who continued a highly successful era for the club. A contract dispute betwe ...
, for paper on the Blackwall Tunnel, 1897 * Bertram Hopkinson * Bernard Maxwell Jenkin *
Harry Edward Jones Harry Edward Jones (1843 – 24 March 1925) was a British civil engineer. Jones was born the son of gasworks engineer Robert Jones in Chester in 1843 and educated at the City of London School and Stepney Grammar School. In 1859 he was apprent ...
* Sidney Richard Lowcock * John Bower Mackenzie * James Tayler Milton * Richard Clerk Parsons * John James Webster *
William Willcocks Sir William Willcocks (27 September 1852 in India – 28 July 1932 in Cairo, Egypt) was a British civil engineer during the high point of the British Empire. He was an irrigation engineer who proposed and built the first Aswan Dam, the scal ...
* William Henry Wheeler (1832-1915) * John Head (1832-1881) * Thomas T. Barton * David William Brunton


Telford Premium

Telford Premiums are issued initially as a monetary or book award with multiple awards in most years, some of the awards also going to Medal winners. * 1897 Colonel John Pennycuick "The Diversion of the Periyar." * 1897 Edward Clapp Shankland "Steel Skeleton Construction in Chicago." * 1897 Thomas Holgate "The Enrichment of Coal-Gas." * 1897 Dugald Drummond "Investigation into the Use of Progressive High Pressures in Non-compound Locomotive Engines." *Alexander Pelham Trotter "The Distribution and Measurement of Illumination" *1913 - 1914 William Willox M.A. *1921 Percy Allen - Port improvements at Newcastle, New South Wales * 1926 Joseph Newell Reeson “The Influence of Electric Welding in the Design and Fabrication of Plant and Structures.” * 1955
Terence Patrick O'Sullivan Terence Patrick O'Sullivan (1913–1970) was a British civil engineer. He specialised initially in steel and reinforced concrete structures. Later he founded a firm of consulting engineers, T. P. O’Sullivan & Partners, which grew to have of ...
"The Strengthening of Steel Structures Under Load"


See also

* List of engineering awards


References


External links

* Awards of the Institution of Civil Engineers Civil engineering awards Awards established in 1835 British science and technology awards