Sir Alexander Kennedy | |
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| Born | Alexander Blackie William Kennedy 17 March 1847 |
| Died | 1 November 1928 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | City of London School and the Royal School of Mines |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Civil, Electrical |
| Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers (president), Institution of Mechanical Engineers (president), Royal Society (fellow), Institution of Electrical Engineers (member), Physical Society of London (council member), British Association for the Advancement of Science (president of engineering) |
Sir Alexander Blackie William Kennedy FRS,[1] FRGS (17 March 1847 – 1 November 1928), better known simply as Alexander Kennedy, was a leading British civil and electrical engineer and academic. A member of many institutions and the recipient of three honorary doctorates, Kennedy was also an avid mountaineer and a keen amateur photographer being one of the first to document the archaeological site of Petra in Jordan following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
- ^ Gibb, A. (1938). "Sir Alexander Blackie William Kennedy. 1847-1928". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2 (6): 212–223. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1938.0001. JSTOR 769056.