John Wolfe-Barry

Sir John Wolfe - Barry ( born December 7, 1836 † January 22, 1918 ) was an English civil engineer of the late 19th and early 20th century. His most famous building is the Tower Bridge over the Thames in London. He was the youngest son of the architect Charles Barry, who designed, among others, the Palace of Westminster. In 1898, he slept with the surname Wolfe.

Wolfe - Barry was a student of the civil engineer John Hawkshaw and worked with him on several projects. 1878 began working professionally with Henri Marc Brunel, the son of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. In the same year architect Horace Jones had first proposed a drawbridge over the River Thames. 1885, the Parliament passed a law that allowed the Corporation of London to build the Tower Bridge. Jones was appointed architect. However, he died the same year, whereupon Wolfe - Barry took over the responsibility.

In addition to the Tower Bridge Wolfe - Barry has been involved in numerous other projects. These include:

• Cannon Street Railway Bridge ( 1866)
• Blackfriars Railway Bridge (1886 )
• Docks Barry in Cardiff
• The District Line of the London Underground ( with John Hawkshaw )
• Pumping stations on the Regent's Canal in London
• Kew Bridge (1903 )
• Extension of the Greenland Dock in London (1904, now part of Surrey Quays )

In 1896 he was elected president of the British Association of Civil ICE 1897 and knighted. Wolfe - Barry played a central role in the development of industry standards. In 1901 he was involved in the founding of British Standards, 1900-1917, he was Chairman of Cable & Wireless.

• Civil
• English
• Born in 1836
• Died in 1918
• Man