Darwin Correspondence Project

Civil engineer and geologist. Educated at the College for Civil Engineers, Putney. Fellow of the Geological Society of London, 1859. General superintendent for county roads in South Wales, 1874–82; engineering inspector under the local government board, 1882–95. Published on geological topics. Authority on the planning and upkeep of roads, publishing The maintenance of macadamised roads (1879) and Roman roads in Britain (1903).