Person    | Male  Born 12/12/1838  Died 17/3/1933

William Cawthorne Unwin

Categories: Education, Engineering

Civil and mechanical engineer. Born Essex. 1900 he became the first London University professor of engineering. Died unmarried, at his home, 7 Palace Gate Mansions, 29 Palace Gate.

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William Cawthorne Unwin

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Skempton Building plaques

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Hawthorns High School for Boys

Hawthorns High School for Boys

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Central London District Schools

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DLR extension to Lewisham - Greenwich

DLR extension to Lewisham - Greenwich

SE10, Cutty Sark Greenwich DLR Station

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Basil Hume, Duncan Terrace

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N1, Duncan Terrace, St John the Evangelist

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Walter Tull

Walter Tull

N17, Northumberland Park, 77

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