Sir Alexander Gibb

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Scottish person businessperson civil engineer

Sir Alexander Gibb was a prominent Scottish civil engineer known for his major contributions to early 20th-century infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom.

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Label	Occurrences
Sir Alexander Drummond Gibson	1
Sir Alexander Gibb canonical	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish person ⓘ businessperson ⓘ civil engineer ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight Bachelor ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1872-02-12 ⓘ
birthPlace	Broughty Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1958-01-21 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Edinburgh ⓘ University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	British Admiralty NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministry of Transport of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
familyName	Gibb NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	civil engineering ⓘ infrastructure engineering ⓘ
founded	Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	engineering consultancy ⓘ
givenName	Alexander ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
knownFor	leadership in large-scale civil engineering projects in the United Kingdom ⓘ pioneering role in British consulting engineering practice ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Institution of Civil Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Sir Alexander Gibb NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	Scottish ⓘ
notableProject	civil engineering works for World War I military infrastructure ⓘ expansion and modernization of British ports in the early 20th century ⓘ
notableWork	design and construction of major British docks and harbours ⓘ development of early 20th-century British infrastructure projects ⓘ
occupation	civil engineer ⓘ consulting engineer ⓘ
positionHeld	civil engineer-in-chief to the Admiralty ⓘ director of civil engineering for the Ministry of Transport ⓘ president of the Institution of Civil Engineers ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kincardine Bridge (near mouth) → engineer → Sir Alexander Gibb ⓘ

Alexander Gibson → fullName → Sir Alexander Gibb ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sir Alexander Drummond Gibson