Douglas Strutt Galton
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Sir Douglas Strutt Galton KCB FRS (July 2, 1822 – March 18, 1899) was a British engineer. Galton was made a knight commander in the Order of the Bath, civil division at Queen Victoria's jubilee in 1887. He married Mary Anne Nicholson of Waverley Abbey in 1851.
[edit] Education & Early Life
His father was John Howard Galton of Hadzor House, son of Samuel "John" Galton. His mother was Isabelle Strutt, the daughter of Joseph Strutt (philanthropist) , mayor of Derby. He was a cousin of the scientist Francis Galton. He was educated at Birmingham, Geneva, and at Rugby School under Thomas Arnold. He graduated with distinction from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 18 December 1840.
[edit] Honors
He was made an officer of the Légion d'honneur and a knight of grace of the order of St John of Jerusalem in 1889. He also received the Turkish order of the Mejidiye. Oxford University made him an honorary DCL in 1875, and both Durham and Montreal universities made him an honorary LLD. He was a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, serving on their council from 1888 to 1890, and was vice-president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. In 1891 he was chairman of the executive committee of the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography in London. In 1894 the Institution of Civil Engineers made him an honorary member.
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