Civil Engineering History

In the beginning, Civil Engineering included all engineers that did not practice
military engineering; said to have begun in 18th century France.
First Civil Engineer was an Englishman, John Smeaton in 1761.
Civil engineers have saved more lives than all the doctors in history
development of clean water and sanitation systems.
Henry H. White, first KY Civil Engineering Graduate from Bacon (Georgetown)
College in 1840.
Fall of 1886, State College (UK) established civil
engineering degree.
John Wesley Gunn of Lexington received first Civil
Engineering degree from A & M College (UK) in 1890.






Civil engineering is the oldest of the main disciplines of engineering. The
first engineering school, the National School of Bridges and Highways in
France, was opened in 1747. John Smeaton was the first person to actually
call himself a "Civil Engineer". These civil engineers built all types of
structures, designed water-supply and sewer systems, designed railroads
and highways, and planned cities. In 1828 the world's first engineering
society came into being, the Institution of Civil Engineers in England.