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 Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill
| 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 Camerons History.
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 | Surname | BENTON | | | Given names | Sir John | | | Awards | KCIE (1911) FCH | | | Death | 29 August 1927 | | | Wifes name | Margaret Forsyth (died 29 December 1943) | | | Term at CH | 1871-73 | | | Academic achievements | Entered the first session of Coopers Hill; Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer, 2nd grade at end of second session; Standing first in general order of merit; Baker Scholar in applied mechanics; Dickens Scholar in mathematics; prizeman in engineering and applied mechanics; Appointed Fellow of Coopers Hill | | | Career | Posted to Punjab Public Works Dept Irrigation Branch. Executive engineer. Transferred to Burma. Mandalay 1897. CIE 1902. Returned to Punjab as chief engineer and secretary to Gov't. Public Works Dept. Irrigation Branch 1902. Retired in 1905 but was appointed to the newly created post of Inspector General of Irrigation Gov't. of India 1906 from which he retired in 1912. Awarded the Indian Premium for 1916 by the Institution of Civil Engineers. Returned to India to advise in the dispute between the states of Bahawalpur and Bikanir as to distribution rights in water from the River Sutlej 1919 | | | Other | Awarded Silver medal of the Royal Society of Arts for his paper in the Indian section ‘Irrigation works in India’ 1913; See ‘Opening of the Upper Jhelum Canal, Punjab’ Sir John Benson was recognised as the greatest irrigation engineer of his day | | | Ref | Coopers Hill Mag. X 13 & XII 15 |
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The Royal Indian Engineering College (RIEC) was established at Coopers Hill, Surrey, England in 1870 to train Civil Engineers for the Indian Public Works Department.
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