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Frank Newby was born on 26 March, 1926 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, is a Structural engineer. Discover Frank Newby's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 26 March 1926
Birthday 26 March
Birthplace Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Date of death 10 May, 2001
Died Place London, England
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1926

Frank Newby (26 March 1926 – 10 May 2001) was one of the leading structural engineers of the 20th century, working with such architects as Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, Eero Saarinen, Cedric Price,James Gowan (architect) James Stirling, and the practice of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), and such engineers as Ove Arup and Felix Samuely.

Frank Newby was born in Barnsley on 26 March 1926.

1943

He studied "mechanical sciences", now known as engineering, at Trinity College, Cambridge between 1943 and 1947.

1947

He undertook National Service from 1947 to 1949.

1949

In 1949 Frank Newby joined the engineering consultancy firm of Felix Samuely in London.

1951

With Felix Samuely, he worked on the design of the Skylon for the 1951 Festival of Britain, a structure which became the symbol of the festival.

1952

He spent 1952 in the United States, funded by a National Security Alliance scholarship, where he worked with exponents of the modern movement such as Charles Greaves and Fred Scriven.

Travelling across the United States, he interned in several of the most interesting offices, including Saarinen in Michigan, Bertrand Goldberg in Chicago, and Charles and Ray Eames in California.

1953

He rejoined Samuely's practice in 1953.

During his early career, Newby was inspired by the work of Felix Samuely and Ove Arup, the leading structural engineers of their day.

1956

Newby became a partner of the practice in 1956 and then, following the death of Felix Samuely in 1959, the head of the practice at the age of 32.

1958

He had designed the British buildings in the 1958 Brussels Expo '58, and this had helped him establish a reputation for being one of the most creative engineers working at the time.

Over the following years he received a number of high-profile appointments.

1960

In 1960 he was appointed to design the American Embassy in London with Eero Saarinen, whom he met in the United States, and in 1965 to design a new Aviary for Regent's Park Zoo, with Cedric Price and Lord Snowdon.

The most celebrated of his buildings is the Engineering Building at the University of Leicester, designed with James Stirling and James Gowan.

1962

From 1962 Newby lectured at the Architectural Association

Newby was actively involved in the Institution of Structural Engineers, where he was the convenor of the History Group, which examined the history of structural engineering.

1968

Newby went on to work with the Chicago based firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill to design a new factory for Boots in Nottingham, completed in 1968.

1985

Newby was awarded the Institution of Structural Engineers Gold Medal in 1985.

2000

He held this post until 2000.

Newby restored and returned a medieval chantry in Wiltshire to its original state, and had the building listed.