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Authorised form of nameRastrick; John Urpeth (1780 - 1856)
Dates1780 - 1856
NationalityBritish
Place of birthMorpeth, Northumberland, England
Date of birth26 January 1780
Place of deathHis residence, Sayes Court, near Chertsey, Surrey
Date of death01 November 1856
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
The new cemetery at Brighton, Sussex
OccupationCivil engineer
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/01/1837
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
A P Woolrich, 'Engineering Myths', review of Denis Smith, ed, Perceptions of Great Engineers: Fact and Fantasy in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 340-341
CodeNA6414
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1837/03Rastrick, John Urpeth: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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