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Ralph Walker (engineer) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Ralph Walker (engineer) Ralph Walker (1749 - 19 February 1824) was a notable Scottish-born civil engineer in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, particularly associated with harbour engineering works in London. ==Early life==
Walker was born in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, the second son of farmer James Walker and Helen May.〔Skempton, A.W. (2002) ''A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland'', pp. 757-758〕 He went to the parish school in Dollar and later was sent by his elder brother James to an academy where he learned marine navigation.〔 He travelled to the Caribbean and managed estates in Jamaica belonging to his mother's family before returning to settle in London in 1793 and becoming involved in plans for London's wet docks.〔
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