Charles Manby
Engineer
Died when: 80 years 178 days (965 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
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Charles Manby, FRS FRSA (4 February 1804 – 31 July 1884) was Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 1839 to 1856, and engineer of the first iron steamer to cross the English Channel.
Fluent in French, he installed gas piping into Paris and advised on the construction of the Suez Canal.
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