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John Hore
Born
(1680-03-13)13 March 1680 (baptised)
Thatcham, Berkshire, England
Died
12 April 1763(1763-04-12) (aged 83)
Thatcham, Berkshire, England
Resting place
St Mary's Church, Thatcham
Nationality
English
Occupation
Engineer
Children
at least one son
Parents
John Hore
Frances
Engineering career
Discipline
Civil engineer (waterways)
Surveyor
Projects
Kennet Navigation
Avon Navigation
Signature
John Hore[nb 1] (baptised 13 March 1680 – 12 April 1763[1][nb 2]) was an English engineer, best known for making the River Kennet and River Avon navigable. Hore was one of the earliest English canal engineers,[2] and Sir Alec Skempton wrote that he was "in the first rank among the navigation engineers". The Hutchinson Chronology of World History described his work on the Kennet navigation as "[setting] a new standard for inland waterways, and is an important forerunner of the canals of the Industrial Revolution".[3]
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^Skempton, AW (2002). A biographical dictionary of civil engineers in Great Britain and Ireland (1. publ. ed.). London: Institution of Civil Engineers. p. 339. ISBN 9780727729392. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
^Arnold, H Godwin (1977). "Shaw House, Newbury, Berkshire and the Destruction of Garden Features". Garden History. 5 (3): 38. doi:10.2307/1586571. JSTOR 1586571.
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