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James Newlands

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James Newlands (28 July 1813 – 15 July 1871) was a Scottish civil engineer who worked in Liverpool as the first Borough Engineer appointed in the United Kingdom, and is credited with designing and implementing the first integrated sewerage system in the world in 1848. [1]

22 relations: A5058 road, Abercromby Square, Civil engineer, Crimea, Edinburgh, Encyclopædia Britannica, Environmental health officer, Florence Nightingale, Geodesy, Institution of Civil Engineers, John Alexander Brodie, Liverpool, Medical Officer for Health, Royal Scottish Academy, Scotland, Sewerage, Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), Thomas Brown (architect), Thomas Fresh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, University of Edinburgh, William Henry Duncan.

A5058 road

The A5058 road, known as Queens Drive for much of its length, is a major ring road in Liverpool.

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Abercromby Square

Abercromby Square is a square in the University of Liverpool, England.

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Civil engineer

A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.

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Crimea

Crimea (Крым, Крим, Krym; Krym; translit;; translit) is a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea in Eastern Europe that is almost completely surrounded by both the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov to the northeast.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Environmental health officer

Environmental Health Officers (also known as Public Health Inspectors or Environmental Health Practitioners) are responsible for carrying out measures for protecting public health, including administering and enforcing legislation related to environmental health and providing support to minimize health and safety hazards.

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Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale, (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.

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Geodesy

Geodesy, also known as geodetics, is the earth science of accurately measuring and understanding three of Earth's fundamental properties: its geometric shape, orientation in space, and gravitational field.

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Institution of Civil Engineers

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom.

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John Alexander Brodie

John Alexander Brodie (1858 – 1934) was a British civil engineer.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Medical Officer for Health

Medical Officer of Health, Medical Health Officer or District Medical Officer, is a title and commonly used for the senior government official of a health department or agency, usually at a municipal, county/district, state/province, or regional level.

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Royal Scottish Academy

The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is the country’s national academy of art.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Sewerage

Sewerage is the infrastructure that conveys sewage or surface runoff (stormwater, meltwater, rainwater) using sewers.

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Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55)

The Siege of Sevastopol (at the time called in English the Siege of Sebastopol) lasted from September 1854 until September 1855, during the Crimean War.

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Thomas Brown (architect)

Thomas Brown (1781– 5 June 1850) was a Scottish architect in the early 19th century based in Edinburgh.

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Thomas Fresh

Thomas Fresh (3 September 1803 – 1861) was a pioneer in British environmental health.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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William Henry Duncan

William Henry Duncan (27 January 1805 – 23 May 1863), also known as Doctor Duncan, was an English doctor who worked in Liverpool as its first Medical Officer of Health.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Newlands

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