Leveson Francis Vernon-HarcourtM.I.C.E. (25 January 1839 – 14 September 1907) was a British civil engineer, author of several treatises on river and harbour engineering.
Biography
Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt was the son of Admiral Frederick Edward Vernon-Harcourt (1790–1883), a descendant of the Barons Vernon, and his wife, Marcia Delap née Tollemache (1802–1868).[1] His elder brother was the chemist Augustus George Vernon Harcourt.
In 1870 he married Alice Brandreth, daughter of Lt. Col. Henry Rowland Brandreth FRS, by whom he had four children of which three survived him.[1] His daughter, Evelyn Alice, married the writer Arthur Clutton-Brock in 1903.[4]
He specialised in canal and harbour engineering. He was a pioneer in the use of scale models to predict the impact of man made structures in tidal waters, and was an active contributor to the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the author of several books on civil engineering.[6]
His career included acting as resident engineer for an extension to the West India Docks, London under John Hawkshaw, during the 1860s;[7] superintendent of works at Braye Harbour, and construction of a pier at Rosslare. After 1874 he acted as a consultant engineer, and in 1882 was appointed professor of civil engineering at University College London.[6] On his resignation in 1905 he was elected emeritus professor.[3]
Publications
Vernon-Harcourt, Leveson Francis (1882). A treatise on rivers and canals relating to the control and improvement of rivers and the design, construction and development of canals. OL7104722M.
^ ab"Vernon, Baron (GB, 1762)", www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk, Cracroft's Peerage – The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage, Professor Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt, Professor of Civil Engineering, University College London 1882–1905 (b. 25 January 1839; d. 14 September 1907), archived from the original on 2 June 2012
^Malden, Henry C. (1902). Muster Roll. Windlesham House, Brighton. A.D. 1837 to 1902 (2nd ed.). Brighton: H. & C. Treacher.
^ abUnknown (January 1908). "Obituary. Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt, 1839-1907". Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 171 (1908): 421–423. doi:10.1680/imotp.1908.17354.
Vernon, T. (2012). "Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt, Civil Engineer (1839-1907)". International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology. 82: 125–154. doi:10.1179/175812111X13188557854161. S2CID109912069.
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