See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

ARTHUR 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:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

COTTON (1803-1899)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English engineer, tenth son of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Calveley See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 15th of May 1803, and was educated at Addiscombe . He entered the See also:

• MADRAS

Madras See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers in 1819, served in the first Burmese See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war (1824-26), and in 1828 began his See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• WORK

work on the See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . He constructed works on the See also:

• CAUVERY, or KAVERI

Cauvery,Coleroon,See also:

• GODAVARI

Godavari and See also:

• KISTNA (or KRISHNA)
• KISTNA, or KRISHNA

Kistna See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, making anicuts (dams) on the Coleroon (1836–1838) for the irrigation of the See also:

• TANJORE

Tanjore, See also:

• TRICHINOPOLY

Trichinopoly and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• ARCOT

Arcot districts; and on the Godivari (1847–1852) for the irrigation of the Godavari See also:

• DISTRICT

district . He also projected the anicut on the Kistna (See also:

• KRISHNA (the Dark One)

Krishna), which was carried out by other See also:

• OFFICERS

officers . Before the beginning of his work Tanjore and the adjoining districts were threatened with ruin from lack of See also:

• WATER

water; on its completion they became the richest See also:

• PART

part of Madras, and Tanjore returned the largest See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue of any district in India . He was the founder of the school of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• HYDRAULIC

hydraulic See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering, and carried out much of his work in the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of opposition and discouragement from the Madras See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government; though, in the See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute of the 15th of May 1858, that government paid an ample See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute to the See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius of Cotton's " See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master mind." He was knighted See also:

• ILL

ill 1861 . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur Cotton believed in the possibility of constructing a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• SYSTEM

system of irrigation and See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation canals throughout India, and devoted the whole of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long life to the partial realization of this project . He died on the 24th of See also:

• JULY

July 1899 . See See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope, See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Sir Arthur Cotton (1900) .