Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: saltash , cornwall - image width: 150px - discipline: civil engineer - caption: edward snell - practice name: snell & kawerau ; snell and prowse - death date: 13 march 1880 - spouse: charlotte -rrb- elizabeth bayley -lrb- married geelong 23 june 1853 - significant projects: geelong melbourne railway line victoria - children: emily , geelong , victoria ; died 10 april 1854 , charlotte newtown , geelong ; buried eastern cemetery , geelong ; , born march 1854 , little scotland - birth date: 27 november 1820 - name: edward snell - nationality: english - parents: edward snell and elizabeth , nee stothert - birth place: barnstaple , devon Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edward snell -lrb- engineer -rrb- .
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edward snell -lrb- 1820 -- 1880 -rrb- was a diarist , artist , civil engineer and surveyor , responsible for the design of the geelong -- melbourne railway for the geelong and melbourne railway company .