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 Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill

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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 Camerons History.

View all other items of "Surname" with value "STRANGE" in "Register of Students Admitted 1871-1906 - REIC Coopers Hill" Surname  STRANGE    
Given names  William Lumisden    
Awards  M.I.C.E.    
Birth  1857    
Death  7 February 1929, aged 71 yrs, at Worthing     
Wifes name  Rose Fanny    
Wifes fathers name  H. Cobbold    
Fathers name  T.L. Strange, Judge High Court, Madras    
Primary Education  King's College, London    
Term at CH  1876-79    
Academic achievements  Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer. Served practical course at Gov't dockyard Chatham    
Career  Posted to Bombay Presidency Public Works Dept. Executive engineer 1893. Under-secretary to Gov't India 1901. Design and construction Hubli waterworks. Irrigation Deccan plateau. Dhupdal masonry weir 25 feet high and 1 mile long. Waglah dam earthen 95 feet high. First Director of irrigation Transvaal 1903. Chief engineer in Sind 1906. Irrigation advisor to Gov't of Ceylon 1908.     
Retirement  Retired 1912    
Other  Awarded Telford Premium, Institution of Civil Engineers for exposition of 'Reservoirs with high earthen dams in Western India'. Joined National Service League 1914. Author of 'Indian Storage Reservoirs with earthen dams' 'Principles of Irrigation Roads and Buildings, and of the water supply of Towns'    
Ref  Obit Coopers Hill Mag. XII 18. The Times 9 Feb 1929    
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