| George Ambler Wilson | |
| Nationality: | British |
| Birth Date: | 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Wellington, Shropshire |
| Death Date: | 1977 |
| Discipline: | Civil, |
| Institutions: | Institution of Civil Engineers (president), Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers (member) |
George Ambler Wilson, CBE, MICE (1906 - 1977) was a British civil engineer.[1]
Wilson was born in Wellington, Shropshire in 1906.[2] He was the chief engineer of the Port of London Authority from 1953 to 1967.[3] In 1958 he was elected a member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers.[2] He also served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 1971 to November 1972.[4] He died in 1977 and the National Portrait Gallery in London holds two images of him.
Wilson was honoured in the Queens 1967 birthday honours[5] and appointed a CBE in the Civil Division.
Wilson has 4 daughters from two marriages.
In 1970, George’s daughter Gail Wilson married her LSE colleague, Meghnad Desai, They had three children together.