William Yolland
English military surveyor, astronomer and engineer
Died when: 75 years 172 days (905 months)Star Sign: Pisces
William Yolland CB, FRS FRSA (17 March 1810 – 4 September 1885) was an English military surveyor, astronomer and engineer, and was Britain's Chief Inspector of Railways from 1877 until his death.
He was a redoubtable campaigner for railway safety, often in the face of strong opposition, at a time when railway investment was being directed towards the expansion of the networks rather than the prevention of accidents.
He was a member of the three-man committee of inquiry into the Tay Bridge disaster.
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