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Ralph Brazelton Peck

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American civil engineer (1912-2008)

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Ralph Brazelton Peck was a civil engineer specializing in soil mechanics, the author and co-author of popular soil mechanics and foundation engineering text books, and Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Awards 3

1988John Fritz Medal
1974National Medal of Science
honorary doctorate at the Laval University

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About this person

Ralph Brazelton Peck was a civil engineer specializing in soil mechanics, the author and co-author of popular soil mechanics and foundation engineering text books, and Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In 1948, together with Karl von Terzaghi, Peck published the book Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice, an influential geotechnical engineering text which continues to be regularly cited and is now in a third edition.

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Canada
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Scientists
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Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 2008 · aged 95
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