James Price

James Price (6 February 1917 – 22 September 2005) was a Welsh civil engineer, mathematician, author, and poet. Price was the chief resident engineer on several large-scale engineering projects, including the M1 and M3 motorways, and an internationally acclaimed poet. Education Price was a national scholar studying engineering mathematics. In the summer higher exams of 1935, he was ninth in the county. Price graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1938 with a Bachelor of Engineering. He joined the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1942 at the age of 25, following examinations he had taken pre-emptively in the summer of 1940. At the same time, Price was recommended for promotion to assistant civil engineer (A.C.E.). In 1942, he became a Master of Engineering. Career From 1956 to 1957, Price was employed by Nigerian Railways. Price was chosen as the chief resident engineer on the first section of the M1, working with Sir Owen Williams KBE and minister for transport Harold Watkinson. The opening took place on 2 November 1959 and prompted a visit by King Charles III, then Prince of Wales.