George Buchanan | |
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Born | c. 1790 |
Died | 30 October 1852 |
Nationality | Scottish |
Education | University of Edinburgh |
Occupation | Engineer |
Spouse | Charlotte Barnard (sister-in-law of Michael Faraday) |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | civil |
Institutions | President of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
George Buchanan FRSE FRSSA (c. 1790, Montrose – 30 October 1852) was a Scottish civil engineer and land surveyor who worked primarily on bridges and harbours. He supervised the construction of the Scotland Street tunnel and the Granton to Edinburgh tunnel.[1]