John Sylvester

(1798-1852)

LBT ID: JoSylve1852	B/BAP: 1798-10-24 DIED: 1852-08-16
SOURCES: Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1853) 165-67; A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain (2002) 678
The son of Charles Sylvester (d. 1828); like his father he was a civil engineer who worked on heating and ventilating systems; he was a fellow of the Royal Society.
REFERENCES TO John Sylvester: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter V Found 1: ¶ 3