Ralph Freeman (engineer, 1880)

Ralph Freeman

Sir Ralph Freeman (born November 27, 1880 in London , † March 11, 1950 in London ) was an English civil engineer and structural engineer .

He studied at Haberdashers 'Aske's Boys' School and the City and Guilds of London Institute . In 1901 he joined Sir Douglas & Francis Fox , who specialized in the design of railways and steel bridges. In 1912 he became a partner and in 1921, after the death of Sir Douglas Fox , a senior partner. In 1938 the engineering company changed its name to Freeman Fox & Partners .

Together with George Andrew Hobson, he designed the Victoria Falls Bridge, which was completed in 1905 . He was responsible for the detailed design of the Sydney Harbor Bridge (1932) and planned the Birchenough Bridge (1935). He was involved in the planning of railway lines in Africa, Brazil and Colombia and on the Auckland Harbor Bridge in New Zealand . Shortly before his death, he took part in the planning of the Severn Bridge .

He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers since 1917 and received the Telford and Baker gold medals. He sat on the board of directors of ICE from 1937 to 1942, he was elected a member of the City and Guilds of London Institute and in 1932 a member of the Imperial College of Science and Technology . In 1947 he was ennobled.

His eldest son, also named Sir Ralph Freeman , also became a Senior Partner at Freeman Fox & Partners.

Freeman Fox & Partners became Freeman Fox and Acer in 1987 and has operated as Hyder Consulting since 1996 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ralph Freeman (engineer, 1880). In: Structurae
2. ↑ Sir Ralph Freeman on Encyclopaedia Britannica
3. ↑ Hyder Consulting: Footprints on a global landscape - 150 years of improving the built environment ( Memento of November 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 4.3 MB)