Peter Wroth

Peter Wroth
Born1929
Died1991 (aged 61–62)
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
University of Oxford
Thesis The behaviour of soils and other granular media when subjected to shear  (1958)
Doctoral advisorKenneth H. Roscoe
Doctoral studentsGuy T. Houlsby, David Muir Wood

Charles Peter Wroth (1929–1991) was a British civil engineer, a world pioneer in geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics. He led the design and construction of the Hammersmith flyover.

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