William Willcocks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Willcocks

British civil engineer

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1852

Place of Birth: India

Date of Death: 28-Jul-1932

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Sir William Willcocks (27 September 1852 in India – 28 July 1932 in Cairo, Egypt) 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.