Dr Brysson CunninghamFRSE DSc MICE was a Scottish civil engineer and author specialising in harbour and dock design and operation. In the early 20th century he was generally viewed as the authority in this field.
Life
Brysson Cunningham FRSE was not the son of David Cunningham FRSE. David Cunningham FRSE, "He returned to Dundee in 1867 and commenced to practise on his own, account. Two years later Mr. Cunningham was appointed Engineer to the Dundee Harbour Trust, which post he held for the remainder of his life.". Therefore, with Brysson Cunningham recorded as being born in 1868 in West Derby, Lancashire, England and also being married in the same District in 1897 and David Cunningham recorded in the 1891 Scottish Census as still being "Unmarried", aged 52 and living with two of his sisters in the family home of 'Viewbank' at East Newport, now known as Newport-on-Tay on the south shore of the river Tay, I think it highly unlikely that they are father and son. Cunningham, Brysson 1868 b. Dec 1868 Cunningham, Brysson 1897 m. Jun 1897 Cunningham, Brysson 1950 d. Sep 1950 Cunningham, Brysson England & Wales Census 1871 Everton, West Derby, Lancashire Cunningham, Brysson England & Wales Census 1881 Walton-on-the-Hill, West Derby, Lancashire Cummingham, B. England & Wales Census 1891 Walton-on-the-Hill, West Derby, Lancashire Cunningham, Brysson England & Wales Census 1901 Walton-on-the-Hill, West Derby, Lancashire Cunningham, Brysson England & Wales Census 1911 Eltham, Lewisham, London & Kent Details of Brysson Cunningham FRSE professional career can also be accessed in the website: "Grace's Guide to British Industrial History" Brysson Cunningham FRSE also lectured on Waterways, Harbours and Docks at University College, London in the early 20th century. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1917, his proposers being William Dyce Cay, Ernest Romney Matthews, Benjamin Hall Blyth, and Sir Frank Watson Dyson. Other details about David Cunningham FRSE can also be accessed in the website: "Grace's Guide to British Industrial History"
