Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 125 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 15,1817 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Wadsley |
| Sheffield | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | November 20,1898 |
| Died | Bournemouth |
| United Kingdom | |
| Nationality | English |
| Books | India. Report on the best width for the proposed narrow gauge railways for India, and their applicability to the Indus Valley |
| Projects | Forth Bridge |
| Firth of Forth Rail Bridge | |
| Job | Civil engineer |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 404103 |
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet Life story
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, KCMG, LLD, FRSE was an English civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure. In the 1850s and 1860s, he was engineer for the world's first underground railway, London's Metropolitan Railway, built by the "cut-and-cover" method under city streets.
