George Ambler Wilson | |
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Born | 1906 |
Died | 1977 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Civil, |
Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers (president), Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers (member) |
George Ambler Wilson, CBE, MICE (1906–1977) was a British civil engineer. [1]
Wilson was born in Wellington, Shropshire in 1906. [2] [3] He was the chief engineer of the Port of London Authority from 1953 to 1967. [4] In 1958 he was elected a member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers. [3] He also served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 1971 to November 1972. [5] He died in 1977 and the National Portrait Gallery in London holds two images of him. [6]
Wilson was honoured in the Queens 1967 birthday honours [7] and appointed a CBE in the Civil Division.
Wilson has 4 daughters from two marriages.
In 1970, George’s daughter Gail Wilson married her LSE colleague, Meghnad Desai, They had three children together.