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Born February 18, 1899 • London • England
Died January 1, 1978 (aged 78) • London • England
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British engineer
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British railroad engineer
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Thomas Telford
Scottish engineer
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John Smeaton
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British civil engineer
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Sir John Hawkshaw.
Sir John Hawkshaw
British engineer
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Sir Benjamin Baker
English civil engineer
George Stephenson
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Frederick Sanger, 1993
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