James Nicholas Douglass

Sir
James Nicholas Douglass
Born(1826-10-16)16 October 1826
Died19 June 1898(1898-06-19) (aged 71)
NationalityEnglish
Occupationcivil engineer

Sir James Nicholas Douglass, FRS (16 October 1826 – 19 June 1898) was an English civil engineer, a prolific lighthouse builder and designer, most famous for the design and construction of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse, for which he was knighted.[1]

  1. ^  Beare, Thomas Hudson (1901). "Douglass, James Nicholas". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.