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''' 1958 Obituary <ref>[[The Engineer 1958/10/10]]</ref> | ''' 1958 Obituary <ref>[[The Engineer 1958/10/10]]</ref> | ||
We have learned with regret of | We have learned with regret of the death of Mr. Cyril J. Inglis, which occurred on September 29 at the age of sixty-six. He was a former librarian of the Institution of Civil Engineers from which office he retired only a year ago after forty-four years' service. He joined the Institution's staff when the present headquarters building was being erected in Great George Street, Westminster, just before the first world war. After service in that war, Mr. Inglis was appointed assistant librarian and subsequently chief librarian. There are numerous engineers who will recall not only his expert librarianship but also his encyclopaedic memory. | ||
the death of Mr. Cyril J. Inglis, which occurred on | ---- | ||
September 29 at the age of sixty-six. He was a former | '''1958 Obituary <ref>[[Engineering 1958 Jul-Dec: Index]]</ref> | ||
librarian of the Institution of Civil Engineers from | |||
which office he retired only a year ago after forty-four years' service. He joined the Institution's staff | |||
when the present headquarters building was being | |||
erected in Great George Street, Westminster, just | |||
before the first world war. After service in that war, | |||
Mr. Inglis was appointed assistant librarian and | |||
subsequently chief librarian. There are numerous | |||
engineers who will recall not only his expert librarianship but also his encyclopaedic memory. | |||
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Revision as of 07:42, 16 January 2019
Cyril James Inglis (c1893-1958), librarian of the Institution of Civil Engineers
1958 Obituary [1]
We have learned with regret of the death of Mr. Cyril J. Inglis, which occurred on September 29 at the age of sixty-six. He was a former librarian of the Institution of Civil Engineers from which office he retired only a year ago after forty-four years' service. He joined the Institution's staff when the present headquarters building was being erected in Great George Street, Westminster, just before the first world war. After service in that war, Mr. Inglis was appointed assistant librarian and subsequently chief librarian. There are numerous engineers who will recall not only his expert librarianship but also his encyclopaedic memory.
1958 Obituary [2]