Edward Hughesdon Davis
From Engineering Heritage Australia
Ted Davis (1920-1981)
Ted Davis was briefly the Challis Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney from 1979 until his sudden death in 1981. From 1952 he had led the development of Soil Mechanics as a focus of the department's research and teaching. A detailed appreciation of his life and work by Jack Roderick is available at the Australian Academy of Science website and may be accessed using the link:
https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/edward-hughesdon-davis-1920-1981
