Basic Biographical Details Name: | B & E Blyth | Designation: | | Born: | 1854 | Died: | 1867 | Bio Notes: | Benjamin Hall Blyth was born on 14 July 1819 at North Berwick, the son of Robert Brittain Blyth, a Birmingham iron merchant and his wife Barbara Cooper. They had Scottish connections and were related to the Peddies through the Coventry family.
Blyth trained as a civil engineer almose wholly on railway construction with Grainger & Miller. He commenced independent practice in Edinburgh in 1848, soon moving to the 135 George Street office where the practice would remain for over 100 years. In 1854 he went into partnership with his brother Edward Lawrence Ireland Blyth, born 1825 who had also assisted in the Grainger & Miller office, the practice title being B & E Blyth, and they quickly established a reputation as consulting engineers. Work flowed in from the Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Scottish Central, Dundee & Perth, Great North of Scotland and Portpatrick railway companies. They had a reputation for efficiency and thoroughness.
Benjamin Hall Blyth died from overwork in 1866 on 21 August 1866 at North Berwick and was buried at Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh. He left just over £56,000. In the following year Edward took George Miller Cunningham, who had been the firm's chief assistant for many years, into partnership, the practice becoming Blyth & Cunningham. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 135, George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland | Business | 1854 | 1867 | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Bailey, Rebecca M | 1996 | Scottish architects' papers: a source book | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | | | Blyth & Blyth | 1948 | A history of the firm of Blyth & Blyth, chartered civil engineers, consulting structural engineers … 1848-1948 | | Edinburgh: C J Cousland | | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | |
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