Person    | Male  Born 31/3/1840  Died 19/5/1907

Benjamin Baker

Categories: Engineering

Civil engineer. Born Somerset. Worked on the early London underground lines and the Forth Bridge. Was an expert witness at the Tay Bridge disaster enquiry. Died at home in Pangbourne. Imperial College awards a "Sir Benjamin Baker Medal" each year, bestowed on the student with the longest, most luxuriant moustache (we wish).

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Benjamin Baker

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Benjamin Baker - W8

Sir Benjamin Baker, 1840 - 1907, civil engineer, designer of the Forth Bridge...

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Skempton Building plaques

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John Bateman

John Bateman

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1 memorial
Commissioners of Sewers, Holborn and Finsbury Divisions

Commissioners of Sewers, Holborn and Finsbury Divisions

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Robert Millar

Robert Millar

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Person, Engineering, Tragedy, Scotland

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John Kemp Starley

John Kemp Starley

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Sir John Hawkshaw

Sir John Hawkshaw

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Person, Engineering

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Sutton Talking Newspaper for the Blind

Sutton Talking Newspaper for the Blind

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Media, Journalism / Publishing, Social Welfare

1 memorial
R. B. Fitchett

R. B. Fitchett

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
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