John By: Quick Facts

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Born	1781 • London • England
Died	February 1, 1836 (aged 55) • Sussex • England

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John By: Rideau Canal

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Napier, Robert Napier, 1st Baron

Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier

British field marshal

George Stephenson

George Stephenson

English engineer and inventor

Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson

British engineer

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Sir Gilbert Roberts

British engineer

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Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray

British engineer and politician

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Sir Joseph William Bazalgette

British engineer

Freeman, Sir Ralph: Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sir Ralph Freeman

British engineer

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George Robert Stephenson

British railroad engineer

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Bernard Forest de Belidor

French engineer

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

British engineer

Sir Marc Isambard Brunel

Sir Marc Isambard Brunel

French-born engineer and inventor

Latrobe, Benjamin

Benjamin Latrobe

American architect

Smeaton, detail of an engraving by W. Bromley, 1798, after a portrait by J. Brown

John Smeaton

British engineer

Baker, Sir Benjamin

Sir Benjamin Baker

English civil engineer

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Sir Andrew Clarke

British engineer and politician

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Adam Clark

British civil engineer

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Sir Barnes Wallis

British military engineer

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Sir Hubert Shirley-Smith

British civil engineer

James Brindley

James Brindley

British engineer

Sir John Fowler, engraving by Thomas Oldham Barlow, 1868, after a portrait by Sir John Everett Millais; in the Science Museum, London.

Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet

British engineer