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Eugenius Birch
Born(1818-06-20)20 June 1818
Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Died8 January 1884(1884-01-08) (aged 65)
London, England (buried in Highgate cemetery)
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
AwardsTelford Medal
BuildingsEastbourne Pier
ProjectsEast Indian Railway
DesignPromenade piers
The Grade II*-listed Eastbourne Pier, designed in 1870 by Eugenius Birch.

Eugenius Birch (20 June 1818 – 8 January 1884) was a 19th-century English seaside architect, civil engineer and noted builder of promenade-piers.[1]

  1. ^ "Eugenius Birch (1818-1884) Obituary". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

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