British Engineer
1. George Stephenson (1781)
British Engineer
Famous for constructing the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was the first public, steam-operated, urban rail system in history, this British engineer is also remembered for his development of the...
2. Henry Dyer (1848)
British Engineer
Remembered for his role in advancing technical education in Japan, this Scottish-born engineer established the Akabane Engineering Works training company in Tokyo. Also a writer, he penned The Evolution of...
3. Alec Reeves (1902)
British Engineer
British scientist who pioneered radar technology, which proved crucial to the Allied effort and eventual victory during WW II. In his lifetime he was awarded over eighty patents.
4. Rob Smedley (1973)
British Engineer
Englishman who served as the race engineer for Felipe Massa at Ferrari for eight years. He later became the Head of Vehicle Performance for the Williams Martini Racing Formula One...
5. Peter Elleray (1958)
British Engineer
Peter Elleray is an English engineer and race car designer particularly known for designing the Bentley Speed 8 race car. Elleray who worked for Racing Technologies Norfolk also designed the...
6. Richard Williams (academic) (1960)
British Engineer
Richard A Williams is an English academic engineer and innovator.
7. Horace Darwin (1851)
British Engineer
Sir Horace Darwin KBE FRS a son of the English naturalist Charles Darwin was a civil engineer. Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge. Darwin was born in Down House in 1851...
8. Tony Southgate (1940)
British Engineer
Tony Southgate is a British engineer and former racing car designer. He designed many successful cars including Jaguar's Le Mans-winning XJR-9 and cars for almost every type of circuit racing....
9. William McLellan (1831)
British Engineer
Colonel William McLellan CBE was a Scottish electrical engineer. Born in Palnackie McLellan joined Charles Merz in 1902 to form the Merz & McLellan consulting partnership. In the 1920s then...
10. Sue Ion (1955)
British Engineer
Dame Susan Elizabeth Ion DBE FREng is a British engineer and an expert advisor on the nuclear power industry and vice president of the Royal Academy of Engineering since 2002.
11. Rob Leslie-Carter (1970)
British Engineer
Robert Michael Leslie-Carter MICE MAIPM is a British engineer and project manager with consulting firm Arup resident in Sydney Australia. He was named 'Project Manager of the Year' at the...
12. Nick McKeown (1963)
British Engineer
Nicholas William McKeown is a professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments at Stanford University. He has also started technology companies in Silicon Valley.
13. Jason Reese (1967)
British Engineer
Jason Meredith Reese is the Regius Professor of Engineering in the University of Edinburgh UK. With a background in physics and applied mathematics his research focuses on multiscale flow systems...