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Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, KCB (3 January 1802 – 25 January 1871), English engineer and palaeontologist, born in Stratford St Mary, Suffolk, [1] is best known for conceiving and supervising the construction of the Ganges canal during East India Company rule in India.
Proby Cautley was the sole projector and executive director of one of the largest irrigation canals ever built in the world, the Ganges Canal, the first new cut made by the British in India.
A MEMOIR OF COLONEL SIR PROBY CAUTLEY, F.R.S., I802-1871, ENGINEER AND PALAEONTOLOGIST By JOYCE BROWN Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College University of London [Plates 8 and 9] ROBY CAUTLEY was the sole projector and executive director of one of the largest irrigation canals ever built in the world, the Ganges Canal,
This article offers an account of the Ganga Canal, constructed in mid-nineteenth century colonial India, under British engineer Proby Cautley, by drawing water from the river Ganga. The paper revisits his motivations and challenges and the scope of his plan to make two arguments.
Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, KCB (3 January 1802 – 25 January 1871), English engineer and paleontologist, born in Stratford St Mary, Suffolk, is best known for conceiving and supervising the construction of the Ganges canal during East India Company rule in India.
Oct 18, 2016 · A recent book by Alan Robertson, Epic Engineering: Great Canals and Barrages of Victorian India follows the lives and achievements of Arthur Cotton (1803-1899) and Proby Cautley (1802-1871), two...
Sir Proby Thomas Cautley, KCB, English engineer and palaeontologist, born in Stratford St Mary, Suffolk, is best known for conceiving and supervising the construction of the Ganges canal...
SIR PROBY THOMAS CAUTLEY (1802-1871), English engineer and palaeontologist, was born in Suffolk in 1802. After some years' service in the Bengal artillery, which he joined in 1819, he was engaged on the reconstruction of the Doab canal, of which, after it was opened, he had charge for twelve years (1831-1843).
Civil engineer and palaeontologist . FRS. Born Suffolk. Proby was his mother's maiden name. 1819 went to India as a commissioned second lieutenant. Apart from a few years his work there was mainly engineering in nature rather than military.
Aug 3, 2014 · Proby Cautley (1802–1871) and Arthur Cotton (1803–1899) were from middle-class families. They were both military cadets at Addiscombe, Surrey in 1818–1819, before being sent to India, Cautley to Calcutta and Cotton to Madras.
