A civil engineering graduate from Melbourne University, Dick Parry was born in England but brought up in Australia, where he worked in practice until taking up a lectureship in Cam...view moreA civil engineering graduate from Melbourne University, Dick Parry was born in England but brought up in Australia, where he worked in practice until taking up a lectureship in Cambridge University in 1967. He has consulted and lectured widely and written three acclaimed books on the history of civil engineering.view less