Hugh B. Sutherland
Hugh Brown Sutherland (born January 22, 1920 in Glasgow ; † December 20, 2011 ibid) was a British civil engineer ( geotechnical engineering ) and professor at the University of Glasgow .
Sutherland was the son of a plumber and initially wanted to be an insurance clerk, but then switched to training as an engineer with the City of Glasgow, taking courses at the Royal Technical College. He continued this during the Second World War, when he was involved in the evaluation of aerial photographs of the bombing of Germany and gave engineering courses for cadets. After the war he specialized in soil mechanics, helped to set up a laboratory in Glasgow and studied at one of the leading soil mechanics centers at Harvard University at the time . He then worked in Ontario and Winnipeg for mining companies and flood protection, among other things. He returned to Glasgow, where he became professor and later dean of the civil engineering faculty. After his retirement he was the first director of the Glasgow University Trust.
In 1988 he was a Rankine Lecturer (Uplift resistance in soils). He was OBE . He was Vice President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (he did not want to be President because he would have had to move to London).
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| SURNAME | Sutherland, Hugh B. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sutherland, Hugh Brown |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British geotechnician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 2011 |
| Place of death | Glasgow |