institutions death_date death_place birth_place image_size significant_design discipline birth_date image article_title significant_projects name
institution mechanical engineers of civil engineers -lrb- president -rrb- institution of 20 november 1898 bournemouth , dorset , england wadsley , sheffield , south yorkshire , england 240px '' fowler 's ghost '' fireless locomotive civil engineer 15 july 1817 sir john fowler.jpg sir john fowler , 1st baronet
 metropolitan -rrb- manchester central -lrb- ii * -rrb- wicker arches -lrb- railway ii * -rrb- torksey viaduct -lrb- ii * -rrb- millwall dock forth railway bridge -lrb- a sir john fowler , bt
sir john fowler , 1st baronet

sir john fowler , 1st baronet , kcmg , lld -lrb- 15 july 1817 -- 20 november 1898 -rrb- was an english civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure .
in the 1850s and 1860s , he was engineer for the world 's first underground railway , london 's metropolitan railway , built by the `` cut-and-cover '' method under city streets .
in the 1880s , he was chief engineer for the forth railway bridge , which opened in 1890 .
fowler 's was a long and eminent career , spanning most of the 19th century 's railway expansion , and he was engineer , adviser or consultant to many british and foreign railway companies and governments .
he was the youngest president of the institution of civil engineers , between 1865 and 1867 , and his major works represent a lasting legacy of victorian engineering .
