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Register of Students Admitted to The Royal Indian Engineering College Coopers Hill 1871-1906
Date transcribed | 2012-05-21 | Transcribed by | Robert Charnock | Comment | Vol 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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| Surname | PARKES | | Given names | Benjamin | | Awards | M.E., M.I.C.E., FCH | | Death | 30 October 1919 | | Term at CH | 1871-74 | | Academic achievements | Entered the first session at Coopers Hill, October 1871. Passed out top of third session, winning several prizes. Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer | | Career | Posted to State Railways. Transferred to Punjab provincial establishment 1879. Executive engineer 1881. Transferred to Bengal as Superintending engineer 1899. Officiating chief engineer and secretary to Chief Commissioner Central Provinces 1903. Chief engineer Central Provinces 1905 | | Retirement | Retired 1905 | | Ref | Obit Coopers Hill Mag. XI 8 |
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