William Hanbury Pettingal Sherman
William Hanbury Pettingal Sherman (1846-1915)
1915 Obituary [1]
WILLIAM HANBURY PETTINGAL SHERMAN, born in India on the 20th February, 1846, died at Bridge of Allan, N.B., on the 31st January, 1915.
He was educated at Dollar Academy, and in 1866 passed into the Indian Public Works Department as a "Stanley" engineer. He was employed first on the Godavery irrigation works, and subsequently on the survey and construction of railways in the Central Provinces, Central India, Lower Burma, and Madras. He also acted as Engineer-in-Chief of the Bhopal-Ujjain Railway and of the Gwalior State Railway, retiring in 1903 with the rank of Superintending Engineer.
Mr. Sherman was elected an Associate of the Institution on the 7th December, 1875, was subsequently placed among the Associate Members, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 7th November, 1882.