Charles Manby

Charles Manby
FRS FRSA
Blue plaque commemorating Manby
Born(1804-02-04)4 February 1804
Cowes, Isle of Wight
Died31 July 1884(1884-07-31) (aged 80)
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationCivil Engineer
Known forSecretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers
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  • Ellen Jones
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Charles Manby (4 February 1804 – 31 July 1884) was Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 1839 to 1856,[1] and engineer of the first iron steamer to cross the English Channel.[2] Fluent in French, he installed gas piping into Paris and advised on the construction of the Suez Canal.

  1. ^ Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers. Vol. II. London: Thomas Telford Publishing. March 2008. ISBN 978-0-7277-3504-1. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. ^ S, E. C. (29 July 1922). "Calendar of Industrial Pioneers". Nature. 110 (2752): 166. doi:10.1038/110166a0.