Philip Henry Brown
Philip Henry Brown (1846-1901)
1902 Obituary [1]
PHILIP HENRY BROWN was born in London on the 2nd August, 1846, and was educated by his father, the Rev. George Brown, of Brighton, and subsequently at King's College, London. After serving a pupilage to the late Mr. P. Prichard Baly, he was appointed an Assistant Engineer on the Bombay-Baroda Railway in 1867.
In the following year he entered the service of the Indian Public Works Department as an Assistant Engineer in the Irrigation Branch. In 1872 he received the thanks of the Government for his work at the Sanouta Falls on the Ganges Canal, and five years later he volunteered for service in connection with the Madras Famine works. Mr. Brown retired from the Indian Public Works Department in 1879, and in the following year he was appointed Local Fund Engineer at Coconada, and in 1884 District Engineer of the Godaveri Circle. These posts he held until his death, which took place on the 17th April, 1901.
Mr. Brown was elected an Associate Member of the Institution on the 6th April, 1880, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 26th March, 1895.