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For other persons named John Brodie, see John Brodie (disambiguation).
John Alexander Brodie
Personal information
Name
John Alexander Brodie
Nationality
British
Birth date
1858
Date of death
1934
Work
Engineering Discipline
Civil
Institution memberships
Institution of Civil Engineers (president),
John Alexander Brodie (1858 1934) was a British civil engineer.[1]
Brodie began his professional career in 1875 working in the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board engineering department under Chief Engineer George Fosbery Lyster, following this he set up a private consultancy and spent some time working in Spain.[1] In 1891 he invented the goal net for use in football matches and he said that this was the invention of which he was the most proud.[2] [3] Brodie returned to Liverpool in 1898 as the city engineer suggesting several improvements for the town such as a ring road, electric trams and the East Lancashire Road.[1]
He was at the fore front of pre-fabricated housing technology promoting the use of pre-cast reinforced concrete slabs as a means of building houses quickly and cheaply, he presented an example of this technique to the Cheao Cottages Exhibition at Letchworth where many examples of this kind of building can be found to this day. The design attracted attention from across the world and he is known to have influenced Grosvenor Atterbury who used a similar technique to build the houses at Forest Hills Gardens.[1]
Brodie was also interested in town planning and this was recognised in 1912 when he was asked to help select the site of and plan New Delhi. He visited India twice for this purpose and in 1931 was invited to the official opening ceremony by the Viceroy owing to the high regard that Edwin Lutyens, the chief planner had for him.[1]
He served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers between 1920 and 1921,[4] becoming the first local authority engineer to receive the accolade[1]. He was also an Associate Professor of Engineering at Liverpool University and vice-president of the Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic Association which would later become a constituent of the Royal Automobile Club.[1]
After his death in 1934 Liverpool City Council named Brodie Avenue in his honour.[5]
References
^ a b c d e f g Mersey Gateway biography
^ British Council history of football
^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/blue-plaque-for-man-who-invented-football-goal-net-707003.html
^ Watson, Garth (1988), The Civils, London: Thomas Telford Ltd, p.252, ISBN 0-727-70392-7
^ Liverpool Pictoral road names list
Professional and academic associations
PrecededbyJohn Griffith
President of the Institution of Civil EngineersNovember 1920 November 1921
SucceededbyWilliam Barton Worthington
Categories: British civil engineers | 1858 births | 1934 deaths | Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers(and so on)
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