Maurice Fitzmaurice | |
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| Born | 11 May 1861 Clogher, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Died | 17 November 1924 (aged 63) |
| Resting place | Brookwood Cemetery |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse | Ida Dickinson |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Civil |
| Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers (president), American Society of Civil Engineers (hon), Royal Society (fellow), Society of Engineers (hon fellow), |
| Projects | Aswan Dam, Forth Bridge, Sennar Dam, |
Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice CMG (11 May 1861–17 November 1924) was an Irish civil engineer.[1] He was apprenticed to Benjamin Baker and worked with him on the Forth Railway Bridge before going to Egypt to build the Aswan Dam for which he was appointed both a member of the Ottoman Order of the Mejidiye and a companion of the British Order of St Michael and St George. Following this Fitzmaurice was Chief Engineer to the London County Council and was responsible for the Blackwall, Rotherhithe and Woolwich tunnels. In later life his consultancy advised on docks and harbours across the British Commonwealth as well as the Sennar Dam in Sudan and he was recognised with the prestigious honour of the presidency of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the 1916-17 session.
- ^ Carlyle, E.I.; rev. Cox, R.C. (2004). "Fitzmaurice, Sir Maurice (1861–1924)". In Cox, R. C (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33154. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)