John Walter Baxter
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John Walter Baxter CBE
(June 4, 1917 London
- October 21, 2003) was a British civil engineer
.
Baxter left Westminster City School
at the age of 16.
He was a graduate of the City & Guilds College
, with a BSc in engineering.
He worked for Trussed Concrete Steel Company from 1936 to 1941, Royal Dutch Shell
from 1941 to 1952.
He met Guy Maunsell
, and joined the firm of Maunsell, Posford and Pavry, in 1952.
He was a founding partner of the new firm of G. Maunsell and Partners in 1955, and was senior partner from 1959 to 1980.
He was responsible for designing the Westway (London)
.
His work appears in ICE Proceedings.
He married Jessie in 1941; they have a daughter.
CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
(June 4, 1917 London
London
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- October 21, 2003) was a British civil engineer
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
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Baxter left Westminster City School
Westminster City School
Westminster City School is a voluntary aided Christian school for boys in Westminster, London. The school has 800 students on its roll, and it offers 105 of 130 places each year to boys practising the Christian faith in the Anglican dioceses of London and Southwark. The other 25 spaces are...
at the age of 16.
He was a graduate of the City & Guilds College
City and Guilds of London Institute
The City and Guilds of London Institute is a leading United Kingdom vocational education organisation. City & Guilds offers more than 500 qualifications over the whole range of industry sectors through 8500 colleges and training providers in 81 countries worldwide...
, with a BSc in engineering.
He worked for Trussed Concrete Steel Company from 1936 to 1941, Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
from 1941 to 1952.
He met Guy Maunsell
Guy Maunsell
Guy Anson Maunsell was the British civil engineer responsible for the design of the World War II Naval Sea Forts and Army Forts used by the United Kingdom for the defence of the Thames and Mersey estuaries....
, and joined the firm of Maunsell, Posford and Pavry, in 1952.
He was a founding partner of the new firm of G. Maunsell and Partners in 1955, and was senior partner from 1959 to 1980.
He was responsible for designing the Westway (London)
Westway (London)
The Westway is a long elevated dual carriageway section of the A40 route in west London running from Paddington to North Kensington. The road was constructed between 1964 and 1970 to relieve congestion at Shepherd's Bush caused by traffic from Western Avenue struggling to enter central London on...
.
His work appears in ICE Proceedings.
He married Jessie in 1941; they have a daughter.