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Joseph Bazalgette

1819 - 1891

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Sir Joseph William Bazalgette CB (; 28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was an English civil engineer. As Chief Engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of the London Main Drainage, the sewerage system for central London, in response to the Great Stink of 1858, which was instrumental in relieving the city of cholera epidemics, while beginning to clean the River Thames. He later designed the second and current Hammersmith Bridge, which opened in 1887. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joseph Bazalgette is the 318th most popular engineer (down from 303rd in 2019), the 4,246th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,329th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Joseph Bazalgette ranks 318 out of 389. Before him are Christopher Cockerell, Jesse Ramsden, Robert Mallet, Louis Armand, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, and Boris Lisunov. After him are Hugh Latimer Dryden, Robert H. Dennard, John Monash, Ove Arup, T. Keith Glennan, and Jack Parsons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Joseph Bazalgette ranks 91. Before him are José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, Julia Ward Howe, William Powell Frith, Ion Emanuel Florescu, Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, and William Muir. After him are Yuri Samarin, Yakov Polonsky, Monier Monier-Williams, Alexander Melville Bell, George Salmon, and William Rosecrans. Among people deceased in 1891, Joseph Bazalgette ranks 104. Before him are Calixa Lavallée, Lajos Haynald, Antonio Arenas, Alphonso Taft, José María Urvina, and George Bancroft. After him are Barbara Bodichon, Charles Bradlaugh, George Hearst, David Dixon Porter, Sarah Winnemucca, and Samuel Ajayi Crowther.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Bazalgette ranks 4,246 out of 8,785. Before him are Robin Hill (1899), Peter Mark Roget (1779), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), John Morley (1838), Elisabeth Sladen (1946), and Mick Avory (1944). After him are Richard Overy (1947), Octavia Hill (1838), Dexter Fletcher (1966), Owain Gwynedd (1100), Roger Ascham (1515), and Howard Marks (1945).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Joseph Bazalgette ranks 33. Before him are Pat Symonds (1953), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Mal Evans (1935), Isaac Roberts (1829), Ron Tauranac (1925), and Jesse Ramsden (1735). After him are Ove Arup (1895), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), R. J. Mitchell (1895), Tommy Flowers (1905), Harry Ricardo (1885), and Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893).

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