Sir Frederick Sidney Snow

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(14 February 1899 – 5 June 1976) was a civil and structural engineer. He was founder and senior partner of Frederick S. Snow and Partners, which became Sir Frederick Snow and partners. Snow was born in

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. He joined the

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at the start of the

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. He later served with the

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and saw active service in France and Belgium, where he was twice wounded. After the war he began work as an engineer for a number of companies. He specialised in the construction of heavy foundations and deep underpinnings, working on constructions such as

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and The Kingsway Underpass London. He began his own practice as a consulting engineer in 1943, working particularly for the aviation industry and was the overall designer for Gatwick Airport in the 1950s. He was made a

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on 12 June 1958. He was the president of the

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1947-1948, and the first president of The Concrete Society. Snow was invested as a

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on 11 November 1965. He was the father of the Quantity Surveyor, Michael Snow and the artist,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Snow, Frederick 1899 births 1976 deaths American structural engineers Presidents of the Institution of Structural Engineers British Army personnel of World War I Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor Knights of the Legion of Honour 20th-century American engineers