Sir Arthur Cotton

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India
gptkbp:birthDate 1803-05-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Combermere,_Cheshire,_England
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Cotton_Barrage
gptkb:Cotton_College_in_Assam
gptkb:Cotton_Hill_in_Trivandrum
gptkb:Cotton_Road_in_Rajahmundry
gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Cotton_Museum
Statues in Andhra Pradesh
gptkbp:contribution transformation of Godavari and Krishna deltas into fertile regions
gptkbp:deathDate 1899-07-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Dorking,_Surrey,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich
gptkbp:employer gptkb:East_India_Company
gptkbp:fieldOfWork civil engineering
public works
hydraulic engineering
irrigation engineering
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Thomas_Cotton
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Arthur Cotton
gptkbp:influenced Irrigation development in South India
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Godavari_Delta_irrigation_system
gptkb:Krishna_Delta_irrigation_system
Anicut (dam) construction
irrigation projects in India
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Cotton_Museum,_Rajahmundry
Cotton Barrage named after him
respected as a benefactor by farmers in Andhra Pradesh
Statues in Andhra Pradesh, India
gptkbp:militaryRank Colonel
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Dowleswaram_Barrage
gptkb:Kurnool-Cuddapah_Canal
gptkb:Prakasam_Barrage_(initial_design)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:civil_servant
gptkb:engineer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Henry_Calvely_Cotton
gptkb:Sarah_Cotton
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:East_India_Company_Army
gptkb:Madras_Engineers
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Sir_Sydney_Cotton
gptkb:Willoughby_Cotton
gptkbp:spouse Elizabeth Cotton
gptkbp:title gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India
Sir
gptkbp:wrote Publications on irrigation and water management
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Order_of_the_Indian_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5