Mohamed Nagati Abaza
Mohamed Nagati Abaza (1888-1934)
1934 Obituary [1]
MOHAMED NAGATI ABAZA was engaged for the greater part of his engineering career on irrigation work in Egypt. He was born at Sherweda, near Zagazig, Egypt, in 1888.
In 1909 he came to England and entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he studied engineering. After graduating in 1913, he returned to Egypt, and received practical training with various undertakings, including the Egyptian State Railways.
He was appointed assistant engineer in the irrigation service in 1917, and a year later was concerned with a military irrigation project for increasing cereal crops which were needed owing to shortage of food in the Palestine Army.
In 1920 he was transferred to the mechanical department, where he became assistant inspector.
Two years later he again came to England for special training, and spent two years with Messrs. Vickers-Petters, Ltd., Ipswich.
A year after his return to Egypt he was appointed technical secretary to the Director-General in the Ministry of Public Works.
He became a director of the Government workshops at Bulack in 1927 and later in the same year he was also appointed director of works and inspector of the Government irrigation and pumping stations.
Mr. Abaza had been an Associate Member of the Institution since 1926.
His death occurred at Helwan, Egypt, on 13th October 1930.