Born in 1838 in Baschurch, Shropshire, where his father John was stationmaster of Baschurch station, Jebb completed his engineering training under Alexander Mackintosh, working on the lines of the former Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.[1] He was subsequently appointed the Resident Engineer of the Wrexham and Minera Railway along with a number of other lines in Wales.
Jebb lived in Great Barr, Birmingham, in his later years. He was a keen amateur botanist and corresponded with several journals of the period on British flora: he was a particular authority on the flora of North Wales.[2]
George Jebb died after a short illness on 16 February 1927. He was the paternal grandfather of the architect Philip Jebb.[3]
ReferencesEdit
^ abObituary of George Robert Jebb, Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 224, Issue 1927, pp. 375–376
^Desmond, R. Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists, CRC, 1994, p. 380
george, robert, jebb, 1838, february, 1927, civil, engineer, from, united, kingdom, prominent, field, railway, canal, engineering, became, vice, president, institution, civil, engineers, born, 1838, baschurch, shropshire, where, father, john, stationmaster, ba. George Robert Jebb 1838 16 February 1927 was a civil engineer from the United Kingdom Prominent in the field of railway and canal engineering he became Vice President of the Institution of Civil Engineers Born in 1838 in Baschurch Shropshire where his father John was stationmaster of Baschurch station Jebb completed his engineering training under Alexander Mackintosh working on the lines of the former Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 1 He was subsequently appointed the Resident Engineer of the Wrexham and Minera Railway along with a number of other lines in Wales Jebb was later appointed as the Chief Engineer of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company for whom he designed many of the docks and warehouses of Ellesmere Port and of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and was a director of the Glyn Valley Tramway He was involved with many other engineering projects around the world such as planning the route of the railway between Lviv and Chernivtsi 1 Jebb was an officer of the London and North Western Railway through his Shropshire Union post and was a close friend and associate of the LNWR s CME Francis Webb a LNWR Claughton Class locomotive number 5930 was named G R Jebb after him Although he became Vice President of the ICE he declined to be nominated as President and stepped down in 1912 although in that year he did become President of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers Jebb lived in Great Barr Birmingham in his later years He was a keen amateur botanist and corresponded with several journals of the period on British flora he was a particular authority on the flora of North Wales 2 George Jebb died after a short illness on 16 February 1927 He was the paternal grandfather of the architect Philip Jebb 3 References Edit a b Obituary of George Robert Jebb Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Volume 224 Issue 1927 pp 375 376 Desmond R Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists CRC 1994 p 380 Obituary Philip Jebb The Independent 13 04 95 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Robert Jebb amp oldid 1089736560, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
