William Willcocks
Civil engineer, Engineer
1852 – 1932
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Who was William Willcocks?
Sir William Willcocks KCMG was a British civil engineer, during the high point of the British Empire. He was an irrigation engineer who proposed and built the first Aswan Dam, the scale of which had never been attempted previously. He later undertook other major irrigation projects in South Africa and in Arab regions of the dying Ottoman Empire.
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- Born
- Sep 27, 1852
India - Also known as
- Sir William Willcocks
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Roorkee College, India
- Lived in
- India
(1852 - ) - Egypt
(1883 - )
- India
- Died
- Jul 28, 1932
Cairo
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on July 23, 2013
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