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John Smeaton
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<p>John Smeaton <a href="/facts/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society/cWs8TdC5">FRS</a> (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English <a href="/facts/Civil_engineer/RjIFIjNe">civil engineer</a> responsible for the design of bridges, <a href="/facts/Canal/pBE8LsJx">canals</a>, <a href="/facts/Harbour/R44M3IvB">harbours</a> and <a href="/facts/Lighthouse/HAwW4RFW">lighthouses</a>. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a>. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed "civil engineer", and is often regarded as the "father of <a href="/facts/Civil_engineering/avh5kEq2">civil engineering</a>". He pioneered the use of <a href="/facts/Hydraulic_lime/W0M9DJvP">hydraulic lime</a> in <a href="/facts/Concrete/K6whGVNx">concrete</a>, using pebbles and powdered brick as aggregate. Smeaton was associated with the <a href="/facts/Lunar_Society/KKK87WJn">Lunar Society</a>. </p>