William Willcocks | |
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 William Willcocks | |
| Born | 27 September 1852 |
| Died | 28 July 1932 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse | Susan Ann Scott Moncrieff |
| Children | Mary Helena Willcocks, Maddeline Frances Willcocks, Alexander John Willcocks |
| Parent(s) | William and Mary Willcocks |
| Engineering career | |
| Projects | Aswan Low Dam, Assiut Barrage |
Sir William Willcocks KCMG (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.[1] He later undertook other major irrigation projects in South Africa and in Arab regions of the dying Ottoman Empire.
- ^ Frederic Courtland Penfield, Harnessing the Nile, Century Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 4 (February 1899)