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Prof William Fisher Cassie (usually referred to simply as Fisher Cassie in his field and as Bill Cassie by his friends) FRSE CBE LLD (1905-1985) was a British civil engineer and academic. He was a noteworthy author on building structure. He was an expert on soil mechanics and a strong advocate of underground transport systems.〔https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=29X8BAAAQBAJ&pg=PR5&lpg=PR5&dq=william+fisher+cassie&source=bl&ots=DpaxU5bn4E&sig=0VEkzJJgVuklfshmay8onw_gHfY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDEQ6AEwA2oVChMI98jAhMaKyAIVQ6fbCh2ySQMI#v=onepage&q=william%20fisher%20cassie&f=false〕 ==Life== He was born in Monifieth in Angus on 29 June 1905, the son of William Cassie. His early education was at the Grove Academy in Dundee.〔https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v4B2NNxjtloC&pg=PA894&lpg=PA894&dq=william+fisher+cassie&source=bl&ots=mX__E6V4n1&sig=jua8IE20C3mFmngzV2SZfLqhYUM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBmoVChMI98jAhMaKyAIVQ6fbCh2ySQMI#v=onepage&q=william%20fisher%20cassie&f=false〕 He then studied engineering at the University of St Andrews, graduating in 1925. He continued as a postgraduate, earning a PhD in 1930 before spending a year in the USA in Illinois.〔https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf〕 From 1943 until 1970 he was Professor of Civil Engineering at Durham University. In 1965 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Council on Road Research under Prof F.E.Jones.〔http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/17th-december-1965/27/advisory-council-on-road-research〕 Dundee University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1972 (LLD).〔http://www.dundee.ac.uk/governance/university-calendar/honorary-degrees/〕 He died on 20 April 1985. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Fisher Cassie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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