James Forrest (engineer)
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James Forrest (engineer)
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James Forrest was Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers from 1856 to 1896.
Forrest was born in Westminster, London. At the age of 17, in 1842, he became apprenticed to engineers Edward and John Manby before later moving on to work for Thomas Grainger. In 1850 he was contracted to assist Charles Manby catalogue the library of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Forrest edited the library catalogue published in 1851. He was briefly Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society of Arts before
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