# Angus Fulton
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{{Short description|British civil engineer (1900–1983)}}
{{About| the engineer (born 1900)|his father and Principal of University College, Dundee (born 1871)|Angus Robertson Fulton}}
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|name = Angus Anderson Fulton
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|birth_date = 10 January 1900
|birth_place = [Motherwell](/source/Motherwell%2C_North_Lanarkshire), [Lanarkshire](/source/Lanarkshire), [Scotland](/source/Scotland)
|death_date = {{death date and age text|21 June 1983|10 January 1900}}
|death_place = [Inveresk](/source/Inveresk), [Mid-Lothian](/source/Mid-Lothian), [Scotland](/source/Scotland)
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|discipline = [Civil](/source/Civil_engineering),
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'''Angus Anderson Fulton''' (10 January 1900 – 21 June 1983) was a British [civil engineer](/source/civil_engineer).[{{cite book | last = Watson | first = Garth | title = The Smeatonians: The Society of Civil Engineers | publisher = Thomas Telford Ltd | year = 1989 | pages = 174 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ybXHDw8u_VcC | isbn = 0-7277-1526-7}}][[http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/calendar/senate/honorary.htm University of Dundee honorary graduates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911095212/http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/calendar/senate/honorary.htm |date=11 September 2009 }}]
==Life==
Fulton was born in [Motherwell](/source/Motherwell%2C_North_Lanarkshire), [Lanarkshire](/source/Lanarkshire), [Scotland](/source/Scotland) on 10 January 1900.[{{Citation|last=Masterton |first=Gordon |title=ICE Presidential Address |year=2005 |url=http://www.ice.org.uk/downloads//presidents_address_2005(1).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224220450/http://www.ice.org.uk/downloads//presidents_address_2005%281%29.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 February 2009 |access-date=21 October 2009 }}] [His father](/source/Angus_Robertson_Fulton) was an associate member of the [Institution of Civil Engineers](/source/Institution_of_Civil_Engineers) (ICE) for more than 50 years and Angus followed in his footsteps to become a civil engineer.[[https://archive.today/20070527114852/http://www.iricen.gov.in/modules.php?name=Journals-all&file=viewtopic&journal_name_id=87&journal_id=4018426&topic_id=3906433 Fulton's presidential address]] Fulton was educated at the [High School of Dundee](/source/High_School_of_Dundee), and [University College, Dundee](/source/University_College%2C_Dundee), part of the [University of St Andrews](/source/University_of_St_Andrews) where he was a [cadet](/source/cadet) in the senior division of the [Officer Training Corps](/source/Officer_Training_Corps).[{{London Gazette|issue=32625|page=1793|supp=y|date=28 February 1922}}] Following his graduation in 1922 with a [Bachelor of Science](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) degree he was commissioned as a [Second Lieutenant](/source/Second_Lieutenant) into the [51st (Highland) Division](/source/51st_(Highland)_Division_(World_War_I)) engineers section of the [Territorial Army](/source/Territorial_Army_(United_Kingdom)) [Royal Engineers](/source/Royal_Engineers).[{{cite news|title=New Post for Dundee Water Engineer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pTxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4801,6272250&dq=angus+fulton+dundee&hl=en|access-date=11 March 2016|newspaper=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=29 December 1943}}]
In 1953 he was elected a Fellow of the [Royal Society of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh). His proposers were [Robert McAdam](/source/Robert_McAdam), [Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross](/source/Thomas_Cooper%2C_1st_Baron_Cooper_of_Culross), [James Cameron Smail](/source/James_Cameron_Smail), [David Kerr Duff](/source/David_Kerr_Duff) and [James Reed](/source/James_Reed_(civil_engineer)).[{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|access-date=17 June 2016|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}}]
Fulton was elected president of the ICE for the November 1969 to November 1970 session.[{{cite book
| last = Watson
| first = Garth
| title = The Civils
| publisher = Thomas Telford
| year = 1988
| pages = 254
| isbn = 0-7277-0392-7}}] He was awarded an [honorary](/source/honorary_degree) [Doctor of Laws](/source/Doctor_of_Laws) degree by the [University of Dundee](/source/University_of_Dundee) on 6 July 1970.