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1724 – 1792John Smeaton (1724-1792)Died 28 October 1792, aged 68John Smeaton was an English civil engineer best known for designing the third Eddystone Lighthouse off the Cornish coast. He is widely regarded as the father of civil engineering as a professional discipline and helped found the Society of Civil Engineers. He died at Austhorpe, Yorkshire, on 28 October 1792.