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 Register of Students Admitted to The Royal Indian Engineering College Coopers Hill 1871-1906

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Date transcribed2012-05-21
Transcribed byRobert Charnock
CommentVol 1 F.W. Abbatt to RHE Hutton-Squire

At a meeting of the Coopers Hill Society in 1959 the lack of any biographical record of students admitted to the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill, was discussed. This register is an attempt to complete a record. It may be regarded as an appendix to ‘A Short History of the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill’ by J.G.P. Cameron, C.I.E., issued by the Coopers Hill Society for private circulation in 1960.

The names of the students admitted have been taken from the calendars published annually by authority and preserved in the library of the India Office, Whitehall. The biographical details have been compiled mainly from information in the magazines mentioned on page 28 of Cameron’s History.

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Given names  Sir Robert Richard    
Awards  Kt (1915), FCH, M.I.C.E., M. Am. Soc. C.E.    
Birth  31 October 1864    
Death  25 July 1948, aged 83 yrs    
Wifes fathers name  R.S. Gales    
Primary Education  Private    
Term at CH  1883-86    
Academic achievements  Passed first, having won several prizes and scholarships, including Fellow of Coopers Hill    
Career  Appointed to State Railways. Early service on Bannu Railway Survey. Chenab Bridge at Sher Shah. Mainwali-Mari Ry extension. Reconstruction of Ravi & Jhelum Bridge. Assistant manager N.W.R. 1895. Engineer in chief Curza Bridge over Ganges, Allahabad, 1903. Engineer in chief Coonor Ootacamund Railway. Engineer in chief Hardinge Bridge, Sara, Lower Ganges. Chief engineer Railway Board 1915-17. Agent N.W.R.    
Retirement  Retired 1919    
Other  Partner Rendal, Palmer & Tritton, Consulting Engineers until 1937; Author of papers read before Inst. of CE; ""The Lower Ganges Bridge""    
Ref  Coopers Hill Mag. IX 5, XV 1 & 2. Obit The Times 26 July 1948    
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