John Smeaton Leeds Grammar School, which lead singer Ricky Wilson attended) by the indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, who are natives of Leeds. A Grammar school in Plymouth, called Devonport High School for Boys, named one of their houses after him, because of <nowiki>"Smeaton's Tower"</nowiki> lighthouse in Plymouth. John Smeaton John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was a British civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed "civil engineer", and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering".
Sept-Îles lighthouse a French lighthouse. The archipelago of Sept-Îles has been a bird sanctuary since 1912. The Sept-Îles lighthouse was one of the last French lighthouses to be manned, and only became automated at the end of August 2007. Sept-Îles lighthouse The Sept-Îles lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Perros-Guirec, (Côtes-d'Armor) France, located on the "Île aux moines", an island of the Sept-Îles archipelago in the English Channel. The island is accessible but the lighthouse is closed to the public. The first lighthouse, a round tower, was illuminated in May 1835, and then replaced in 1854 by a square tower 16 ft