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BY the death of Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice on November J-J 17, the engineering world has lost a leader of outstanding ability who served the country in many capacities and whose name will always be associated with two great undertakings, the construction of the Assouan Dam on the Nile and the extension of the main drainage of London. He was also associated with railway development and harbour and dock work in various parts of the world. In 1916 he was chosen to succeed Mr. Alexander Ross as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, from which he received the Telford and Watt Gold Medals, and three years later he was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society, a distinction also conferred upon many of his predecessors such as Telford, Walker, Sir Benjamin Baker, Rennie, Hawk-shaw, Robert Stephenson, and Sir William Preece.
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Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, C.M.G., F.R.S. Nature 114, 794 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114794a0
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