Basil Mott

A 1925 portrait by Stanhope Forbes

Sir Basil Mott, 1st Baronet, FRS[1] (16 September 1859 – 7 September 1938) was one of the most notable English civil engineers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was responsible for some of the most innovative work on tunnels and bridges in the United Kingdom in the 40-year period centred on World War I.

  1. ^ Gibb, A. (1940). "Sir Basil Mott. 1859-1938". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (8): 23–26. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1940.0004.