Professor Noel Simons, 1931-2006

摘要

Noel Simons, who developed the University of Surrey into one of the UK's top centres of geotechni-cal learning and expertise, has died aged 75 after a short illness. Noel was born in Durban, South Africa on 1 March 1931. His mother, Marie, was from Queensland, Australia. His father, Herbert William, a survivor of the Battle of the Somme in 1916, was from Moulton, Northamptonshire. Noel grew up in Durban where his father was station commander at the Berea Road Police Station. He attended Durban Preparatory School and Durban High School before studying civil engineering at Natal University and graduated in 1951, staying on for the MSc degree. He represented his high school and university at 1st XV rugby and 1st XI cricket.