Wyndham Harding

Wyndham Harding (1817-1855)^[1] was a notable English Civil Engineer and Philanthropist.
He was awarded the Telford Medal of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1847^[1], and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1852^[2].

Apart from being an active supporter of Mechanics’ Institutes, Benefit Societies, and similar institutions, he expended a large portion of his wealth in promoting systematic emigration. As a philanthropist, he earned the well-merited gratitude of hundreds, whom he assisted in procuring a free passage to Australia, or to whom he advanced loans for that purpose, including working with Caroline Chisholm.

"The inhabitants of Southampton will long remember the day when Mrs. Chisholm and Mr. Harding met, to witness the departure of the first Australian emigrant-ship which sailed from that port, freighted, under her superintendence, at his expense and risk."^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Obituary: Institute of Civil Engineers, 'Minutes of the Proceedings', Volume 15, Issue 1856, pages 97 –100
^ List of Fellows of the Royal Society G,H,I

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Name	Harding, Wyndham
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Date of birth	1817
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Date of death	1855
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