FOWLER, SIR JOHN, K.C.M.G.

FOWLER, SIR JOHN, K.C.M.G.
   civil engineer, born at Sheffield; was actively engaged in the construction of numerous railways (notably the London and Brighton), and in dock and bridge building; carried through important works in Egypt in 1885, and, along with Sir B. Baker, he designed the Forth Bridge, on the completion of which he received a baronetcy (1817-1889).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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