John Willet
{{Short description|Scottish engineer}}
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| birth_date = 6 February 1815
| birth_place = Kirkmichael, South Ayrshire, Scotland
| death_date = {{death-date and age|15 August 1891|6 February 1815}}
| death_place = Aberdeen, Scotland
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| nationality = Scottish
| known_for = Bridge design
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John Willet, M.Inst.C.E. (6 February 1815 – 15 August 1891) was a Scottish engineer who was mainly involved in bridge design. His office was in Union Terrace, Aberdeen, as of 1882.[https://books.google.com/books?id=H1I_AQAAMAAJ&dq=JOHN+WIllet+bridge+architect&pg=PA9 The Architect and Building News, Volume 27, Issue 2 (1882)]
At the age of 22, he became an apprentice to James Thomson.[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Willet John Willet] at Grace's Guide
Personal life
Willet married Mary Ann Rennie (1832–1915) in 1854.[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165324253/mary-ann_hill-willet Mary Ann Hill Rennie Willet (1832–1915)] at FindAGrave.com They had at least two children: Archibald William Willet (1858–1942)[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Archibald_William_Willet Archibald William Willet] at Grace's Guide and Mary Annabelle Willet (1859–1928).[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165324253/mary-ann_hill-willet Mary Ann Hill Willet (1859–1928)] at FindAGrave.com
He died in 1891, aged 76. He was interred in Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen. His wife and daughter are also buried there.
References
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- [https://books.google.com/books?id=2p8cAQAAMAAJ&dq=JOHN+WIllet+bridge+architect&pg=PA13 The Architect, Volumes 13-14 (Gilbert Wood, 1875)]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=FExOAAAAYAAJ&dq=JOHN+WIllet+bridge+architect&pg=PA431 The Builder (1907)]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=uCcOAAAAQAAJ&dq=JOHN+WIllet+bridge+architect&pg=RA8-PA83 Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac and national repository (1884)]
External links
- [http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=402982 John Willet] - ScottishArchitects.org.uk
- [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152987657/john-willet John Willet] at FindAGrave.com
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