George S. Morison (engineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George S. Morison (engineer)

American engineer and bridge designer

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1842

Place of Birth: New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jul-1903

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

George Shattuck Morison (December 19, 1842 – July 1, 1903) was trained to be a lawyer, but became an engineer and the leading bridge designer in North America in the late 19th century.
During his lifetime, bridge design evolved from using 'empirical “rules of thumb” to the use of mathematical analysis techniques'.
Some of Morison's projects included several large Missouri River bridges as well as the great cantilever railroad bridge at Memphis, Tenn., and the Boone, Iowa viaduct.
Morison served as President of the American Society of Civil Engineers (1895) as well as a member of the British Institute of Civil Engineers winning that institution's Telford Medal in 1892 for his work on the Memphis bridge.
In 1899, he was appointed to the Isthmian Canal Commission and recommended the location of the Panama Canal.