Cautley, Proby T. (Proby Thomas), Sir, 1802-1871
Variant names1818-1819 Addiscombe College; 1819 commissioned second lieutenant; 1825-1830 worked on the reconstruction of the Doab Canal; 1831-1843 superintendent of canals in the North-Western Provinces; 1837-1841 designed several canals in the Dehra Dun region; 1830s fossil expeditions in the Siwalik hills; 1836-1854 supervision of the building of the Ganges canal; 1848 established college of engineering, Roorkee; 1845-1847 furlough; 1846 elected to Royal Society; 1854 knighthood, honorary colonel; 1858-? member of the council of India
Epithet: canal engineer
Title: Knight
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x0003b7
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| referencedIn | Charles Eliot Norton papers | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Sir Proby Thomas Cautley papers., 1864-1866 | British Library | |
| creatorOf | CORRESPONDENCE of Captain Proby T. Cantley [afterwards Colonel Sir P. T. Cantley] with J. Thomason, Secretary to the Governor-General of India, the Rev. Josiah Forshall, Secretary, to the Trustees of the British Museum, and others, relating to the tr... | British Library |
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| associatedWith | Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 | person |
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Birth 1802
Death 1871-01-25
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