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Dr Brysson Cunningham FRSE DSc MICE (1868-1950) [1] was a Scottish civil engineer and author specialising in harbour and dock design and operation. In the early 20th century he was generally viewed as the authority in this field. [2]
Brysson Cunningham was born in December 1868. [3]
In 1890 he was appointed as a draughtsman at the Dock Yard, Liverpool Docks. [4] In 1908 he moved to work with the Port of London Authority. [4]
Brysson Cunningham also lectured on Waterways, Harbours and Docks at University College, London in the early 20th century.[ citation needed ]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1917, his proposers being William Dyce Cay, Ernest Romney Matthews, Benjamin Hall Blyth, and Sir Frank Watson Dyson. [5]
He died in September 1950. [6]
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