See also:SIR PROBY See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:CAUTLEY (1802-1871)
, See also:English engineer and palaeontologist, was See also:born in See also:Suffolk in 1802
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After some years' service in the See also:Bengal See also:artillery, which he joined in 1819, he was engaged on the reconstruction of the See also:Doab See also:canal, of which, after it was opened, he had See also:charge for twelve years (1831-1843)
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In 184o he reported on the proposed See also:Ganges canal, for the See also:irrigation of the See also:country between the See also:rivers Ganges, Hindan and See also:Jumna, which was his most important See also:work
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This project was sanctioned in 1841, but the work was not begun till 1843, and even then See also:Cautley found himself hampered in its See also:execution by the opposition of See also:Lord See also:Ellenborough
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From 1845 to 1848 he was absent in See also:England owing to See also:ill-See also:health, and on his return to See also:India he was appointed director of canals in the See also:North-Western Provinces
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After the Ganges canal was opened in 1854 he went back to England, where he was made K.CB., and from 1858 to 1868 he occupied a seat on the See also:council of India
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He died at See also:Sydenham, near See also:London, on the 25th of See also:January 1871
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In 186o he published a full See also:account of the making of the Ganges canal, and he also contributed numerous See also:memoirs, some written in collaboration with Dr See also:Hugh See also:Falconer, to the Proceedings of the Bengal See also:Asiatic Society and the See also:Geological Society of London on the See also:geology and fossil remains of the Sivalik Hills
.
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