Thomas Telford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Telford

Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1757

Place of Birth: Glendinning, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1834

Profession: architect, civil engineer, autobiographer

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and road, bridge and canal builder.
After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels.
Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed The Colossus of Roads (a pun on the Colossus of Rhodes), and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he held for 14 years until his death.