Scottish Civil Engineer
FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 1783-2002
GORDON, LEWIS D.B. ?-28/04/1876. Ref: 614. Male.
Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
Place of Death: Poynters Grove, nr London.
Profession: Civil Engineer.
Appointments Held: Professor 1840-55, Civil Engineering, Glasgow; Civil Engineering Partnership 1855-76, with
Messrs Liddell & Newall.
Schools and Tutors: The High School, Edinburgh.
Undergraduate Studies: Edinburgh University.
Father: Joseph Gordon WS.
References: Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 9, 1875-8, 212-216.
Date of Election: 21/04/1845.
Proposers: James David Forbes, 4/2/1845, (ms Proposal NLS Acc 10,000/46).
Notes: Born 1815.
Fellow Type: OF.
FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 1783-2002
GORDON, LEWIS D.B. ?-28/04/1876. Ref: 614. Male.
Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
Place of Death: Poynters Grove, nr London.
Profession: Civil Engineer.
Appointments Held: Professor 1840-55, Civil Engineering, Glasgow; Civil Engineering Partnership 1855-76, with
Messrs Liddell & Newall.
Schools and Tutors: The High School, Edinburgh.
Undergraduate Studies: Edinburgh University.
Father: Joseph Gordon WS.
References: Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 9, 1875-8, 212-216.
Date of Election: 21/04/1845.
Proposers: James David Forbes, 4/2/1845, (ms Proposal NLS Acc 10,000/46).
Notes: Born 1815.
Fellow Type: OF.
Scottish Civil Engineer
FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 1783-2002
GORDON, LEWIS D.B. ?-28/04/1876. Ref: 614. Male.
Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
Place of Death: Poynters Grove, nr London.
Profession: Civil Engineer.
Appointments Held: Professor 1840-55, Civil Engineering, Glasgow; Civil Engineering Partnership 1855-76, with
Messrs Liddell & Newall.
Schools and Tutors: The High School, Edinburgh.
Undergraduate Studies: Edinburgh University.
Father: Joseph Gordon WS.
References: Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 9, 1875-8, 212-216.
Date of Election: 21/04/1845.
Proposers: James David Forbes, 4/2/1845, (ms Proposal NLS Acc 10,000/46).
Notes: Born 1815.
Fellow Type: OF.
FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 1783-2002
GORDON, LEWIS D.B. ?-28/04/1876. Ref: 614. Male.
Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
Place of Death: Poynters Grove, nr London.
Profession: Civil Engineer.
Appointments Held: Professor 1840-55, Civil Engineering, Glasgow; Civil Engineering Partnership 1855-76, with
Messrs Liddell & Newall.
Schools and Tutors: The High School, Edinburgh.
Undergraduate Studies: Edinburgh University.
Father: Joseph Gordon WS.
References: Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 9, 1875-8, 212-216.
Date of Election: 21/04/1845.
Proposers: James David Forbes, 4/2/1845, (ms Proposal NLS Acc 10,000/46).
Notes: Born 1815.
Fellow Type: OF.
Inscription
In Memory
of
Joseph Gordon
Writer to the Signet
who died Edinr. 7th March 1855
aged 78
John his eldest son HEIC
Civil Service
died at Surat 2nd May 1846
aged 36
Gordon Clunes second son
Writer to the Sin died 26th Nov 1843
aged 32
Charles Forbes fifth son
died in (Devonshire) 21st March 1835
aged 18
Lewis Dunbar Brodie
forth son formerly (Reums) Professor
of Civil Engineering and Mechanics
in the college of Glasgow
died at Totteridge No.10, 28th April 1876
aged 61
Anne Clunes
widow of Joseph Gordon W.S.
died at (Totteridge) **** 11th Novr 1881
aged **
interred in Kensal Green Cemetery
besides her son Lewis
Mary E.N. Gordon
born ** June **** died 30th Dec 1885
Donald ***** Gordon
born ** Apr *** died 11th Dec 1891
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