Rudolph Glossop

Rudolph Glossop (17 February 1902 – 1 March 1993) was a mining and civil engineer and one of the founders of Geotechnical Engineering in the UK.[1] The Glossop Lecture at the Geological Society is named after him.

Rudolph Glossop
Born(1902-02-17)17 February 1902
Bakewell, England
Died1 March 1993(1993-03-01) (aged 91)
Cornwall, England
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materImperial College London, UK
Camborne School of Mines, UK
Scientific career
FieldsGeology, Mining Engineering, Soil Mechanics

References
  1. Ronald E. Williams, ‘Rudolph Glossop: and the Rise of Geotechnology’, Whittles, 2010 accessed 16 February 2011


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