Francis Wentworth-Sheilds, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Francis Wentworth-Sheilds

British civil engineer

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1869

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 10-May-1959

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


Show Famous Birthdays Today, United Kingdom

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Francis Wentworth-Sheilds

  • Francis Ernest Wentworth-Sheilds OBE (also spelt Shields; 16 November 1869 – 10 May 1959) was a British civil engineer.Francis Ernest Sheilds was born in London in 1869, the younger son of engineer Francis Webb Sheilds.
  • Rev.
  • Wentworth Wentworth-Sheilds was his elder brother.
  • The family added the surname Wentworth in 1877.
  • He was educated at St Paul's School in London and Owens College, Manchester.He was appointed to be a Major of the Territorial Army's Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, an unpaid, volunteer unit which provides technical expertise to the British Army, on 28 March 1925.
  • He served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the November 1944 to November 1945 session.
  • Wentworth-Shields was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
  • He died in 1959 in Southampton.

Read more at Wikipedia