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Sep 16, 1928 Died on 16 Mar 2005 (aged 76)
bridge designer, born 1928
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About William Brown Bridge Designer
- William Christopher Brown OBE (16 September 1928 – 16 March 2005) was a structural engineer and bridge designer who specialised in suspension bridges.
- He is credited with the idea of designing bridge decks with an aerofoil-shaped cross section (in effect an upside-down wing) for stability in a wide variety of wind conditions. He was educated at Monmouth School, University College, Southampton and Imperial College London.He was one of the principal designers at Freeman Fox & Partners (now Hyder Consulting) from 1956 to 1985. In 1987 he set up the Brown Beech & Associates.
