Robert Legget is internationally known for his contributions to engineering, geology and building research and standardization.
12 Facts About Robert Legget
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Robert Legget is credited with the establishment of co-operation amongst Canadian geotechnical engineers, geologists and pedologists.
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Robert Legget was educated at the Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby.
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Robert Legget studied Civil Engineering and obtained a BEng in 1925, and MEng 1927, from the University of Liverpool.
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Robert Legget was initially employed as an engineer on the Lochaber Water Power Scheme in Scotland.
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Robert Legget then emigrated to Canada in 1929, working for the Power Corporation of Canada.
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Robert Legget left teaching in 1947 to establish and serve as director of the National Research Council of Canada's new Division of Building Research.
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Robert Legget held this position until he retired in 1969.
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Around 1945, after World War II, Robert Legget shaped the Environmental Conservation movement in Ontario by spearheading the Guelph Conference, the Ganaraska Study and the Conservation Authorities Act of Ontario.
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Robert Legget was a founder, in 1962, of the Canadian Permafrost Conferences.
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Robert Legget was the founding President of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
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Between 1959 and 1960, Robert Legget was the chairman of the Engineering Geology Division of the Geological Society of America.