John Fowler

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British person civil engineer railway engineer

John Fowler was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer renowned for his major contributions to railway engineering and iconic structures such as the Forth Bridge.

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John Fowler canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
railway engineer ⓘ
awardReceived baronetcy ⓘ
birthCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
birthDate 1817-07-15 ⓘ
birthPlace Sheffield ⓘ
burialPlace Brompton Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfFame major contributions to railway engineering ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
coDesignerWith Benjamin Baker ⓘ
William Arrol ⓘ
countryOfActivity United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1898-11-20 ⓘ
designed Forth Bridge ⓘ
Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
various British railway lines ⓘ
education apprenticeship in engineering ⓘ
employer various British railway companies ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Fowler ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil engineering ⓘ
railway engineering ⓘ
genreOfWork railway infrastructure ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
honorificTitle Sir ⓘ
influenced development of modern railway engineering ⓘ
knownFor Forth Bridge ⓘ
London Underground development ⓘ
Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Institution of Civil Engineers ⓘ
name John Fowler ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
nobleTitle Baronet ⓘ
notableAchievement design of long-span railway bridges ⓘ
pioneering work on urban underground railways ⓘ
notableProject Forth Bridge ⓘ
London Underground ⓘ
Metropolitan Railway ⓘ
occupation civil engineer ⓘ
railway engineer ⓘ
position President of the Institution of Civil Engineers ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
significantStructure Forth Bridge ⓘ
Metropolitan Railway ⓘ

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Forth Bridge → designer → John Fowler ⓘ
Benjamin Baker → collaboratedWith → John Fowler ⓘ