William Henry Barlow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Henry Barlow

British civil engineer

Date of Birth: 10-May-1812

Place of Birth: Woolwich, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Nov-1902

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

William Henry Barlow FRS FRSE FICE MIMechE (10 May 1812 – 12 November 1902) was an English civil engineer of the 19th century, particularly associated with railway engineering projects.
Barlow was involved in many engineering enterprises.
He was engineer for the Midland Railway on its London extension and designed the company's London terminus at St Pancras. With John Hawkshaw, he completed Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Following the Tay Bridge disaster he sat on the commission which investigated the causes and designed the replacement Tay Bridge.
Barlow was also an inventor and experimenter, patenting a design for a rail and carrying out investigations on the use and design of steel structures.



Alternative names	John Maler Collier
Description	British painter and writer
Date of birth/death	27 January 1850	11 April 1934
Location of birth/death	London	London
Authority control	: Q453972 VIAF: 87388334 ISNI: 0000 0000 6638 1169 ULAN: 500032470 LCCN: no90006902 NLA: 36252976 WorldCat