Background
Burland, John Boscawen was born on March 4, 1936 in Little Chalfont, England. Son of John Whitmore and Margaret Irene (Boscawen) Burland.
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John Boscawen Burland
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John Boscawen Burland, British Civil engineering educator, consulting engineer. Chairman Churches Together, Wheathampstead, since 1990; member Italian prime minister's commission stabilizing Leaning Tower Pisa, since 1990. Fellow Royal Academy Engineering, Institution Civil Engineers (Kelvin medal 1989), Geological Society; member Institution Structural Engineers (Kevin Nash Gold medal 1994).
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1959; Master of Science, U. Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1961; Doctor of Science, U. Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Cambridge, England, 1967; D in Engineering (honorary), Heriot-Watt, Scotland, 1994.
Career
Engineer, Ove Arup and Partners, England, 1961-1963; principal science officer, Building Research Establishment, England, 1966-1972; head geotechnics division, Building Research Establishment, England, 1972-1979; assistant director, Building Research Establishment, England, 1979-1980; professor soil mechanics, Imperial College Science, Technology and Medicine, London, since 1980. Visiting professor U. Strathclyde, Scotland, 1973-1982.
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Membership
Chairman Churches Together, Wheathampstead, since 1990. Member Italian prime minister's commission stabilizing Leaning Tower Pisa, since 1990. Fellow Royal Academy Engineering, Institution Civil Engineers (Kelvin medal 1989), Geological Society.
Member Institution Structural Engineers (Kevin Nash Gold medal 1994).
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Married Gillian Margaret Miller, March 30, 1963. Children: David, Timothy, Tamsin.
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Fellow of the Royal Society His contribution to Soil Mechanics has been greatly acknowledged and he was invited to deliver the 30th Rankine Lecture of the British Geotechnical Association titled On the compressibility and shear strength of natural clays. Moreover, he was awarded the Institution of Structural Engineers Gold Medal in 1997. In 2002 he presented the Higginson Lecture and the Victor de Mello Lecture. He was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of EngineeringFellow of the Royal Society His contribution to Soil Mechanics has been greatly acknowledged and he was invited to deliver the 30th Rankine Lecture of the British Geotechnical Association titled On the compressibility and shear strength of natural clays. Moreover, he was awarded the Institution of Structural Engineers Gold Medal in 1997. In 2002 he presented the Higginson Lecture and the Victor de Mello Lecture. He was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering