Edmund Happold

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Edmund Happold

Engineering

#754

World Rank

#1195

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Applied Physics

#3926

World Rank

#4103

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Why Is Edmund Happold Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Sir Edmund "Ted" Happold was a structural engineer and founder of Buro Happold. Career Happold was the son of Frank Happold, Professor of Biochemistry at Leeds University. After an unpleasant time at Leeds Grammar School, , he was sent to Bootham School, York. He studied geology at the University of Leeds. His mother was a lifelong socialist. A lifelong Quaker, he registered as a conscientious objector when called to do National Service, and was directed to work as an agricultural labourer and then truck driver and dragline operator. This aroused his interest in construction, so he returned to Leeds University, where he achieved a BSc in Civil Engineering in 1957. After graduation, he spent a short time in the office of Alvar Aalto before joining Ove Arup and Partners on the recommendation of architect Basil Spence. At Ove Arup and Partners he worked with Povl Ahm, engineer for St Michael's Cathedral in Coventry. Happold studied architecture in the evenings.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Edmund Happold?

Edmund Happold is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Bath
• University of Leeds