Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of American Civil Engineers written by American Society of Civil Engineers. Committee on History and Heritage of American Civil Engineering and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on the history of civil engineering, defining a civil engineer as one who engages in the planning, design, and supervision of construction of civil works. This book includes those who provide the surveys for civil works, based on the frequent references to them and their work in publications on engineering history.