James Henry Greathead

1844 – 1896 South Africa

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Who was James Henry Greathead?

British civil engineer (1844-1896)

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on James Henry Greathead (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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1896

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Leo

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