Sir John Fowler
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Sir John Fowler was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer best known for his major railway works and co-designing the Forth Bridge in Scotland.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British engineer
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civil engineer → human → |
| awardReceived | knighthood → |
| citizenship | British → |
| coDesignerOf | Forth Bridge → |
| contributedTo | development of the London Underground → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → |
| designed | Metropolitan Railway → |
| educatedAt | private apprenticeship in engineering → |
| era | 19th century → |
| familyName | Fowler → |
| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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railway engineering → |
| genre | railway infrastructure design → |
| givenName | John → |
| hasGender | male → |
| hasNotableRole | leading engineer of Victorian railway expansion in Britain → |
| hasTitle | Sir → |
| honorificPrefix | Sir → |
| influenced | later generations of railway engineers → |
| knownFor |
co-designing the Forth Bridge in Scotland
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pioneering mainline railway engineering in Britain → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| memberOf | Institution of Civil Engineers → |
| name | Sir John Fowler → |
| notableAchievement | major 19th-century British railway works → |
| notableWork |
Forth Bridge
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Metropolitan Railway →
surface form: "London Underground (early lines)"
Metropolitan Railway → large-scale railway infrastructure projects → mainline railway routes in Britain → railway bridges in the United Kingdom → |
| occupation |
civil engineer
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railway engineer → |
| placeOfActivity |
London, England
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surface form: "London"
Scotland → United Kingdom NERFINISHED → |
| positionHeld | President of the Institution of Civil Engineers → |
| specialization |
bridge design
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railway route planning → |
| workLocation | Great Britain → |
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this entity surface form: "John Hawkshaw"
subject surface form: "West Norwood Cemetery"
subject surface form: "West Norwood Cemetery"
this entity surface form: "Sir John Fowler, civil engineer"
subject surface form: "West Norwood Cemetery"
this entity surface form: "Sir John Fowler, railway engineer"
subject surface form: "West Norwood Cemetery"
this entity surface form: "Sir John Fowler, engineer of the Metropolitan Railway"
subject surface form: "West Norwood Cemetery"
this entity surface form: "Sir John Fowler, British engineer"
subject surface form: "West Norwood Cemetery"
this entity surface form: "Sir John Fowler, British civil engineer"