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	'''Sir Frederick St John Gebbie''' [[Order of the Indian Empire\|CIE]] (7 August 1871 – 20 March 1939) was a ~~[[United Kingdom\|~~British]] [[civil engineer]] in [[India]].		'''Sir Frederick St John Gebbie''' [[Order of the Indian Empire\|CIE]] (7 August 1871 – 20 March 1939) was a British [[civil engineer]] in [[India]].

	Gebbie was born in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], and was educated at [[Edinburgh Collegiate School]], the [[University of Edinburgh]] and the [[Royal Indian Engineering College]]. He joined the [[Bombay Presidency]] Public Works Department as an Assistant Engineer in 1893, was promoted to Executive Engineer in 1899, Superintending Engineer in 1911, and Chief Engineer in 1915, and became Secretary of the Department in 1916. He worked for many years in [[Sind Division\|Sind]] and was one of the main proponents of the [[Lloyd Barrage]] at [[Sukkur]], which was constructed to fertilise the region.		Gebbie was born in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], and was educated at [[Edinburgh Collegiate School]], the [[University of Edinburgh]] and the [[Royal Indian Engineering College]]. He joined the [[Bombay Presidency]] Public Works Department as an Assistant Engineer in 1893, was promoted to Executive Engineer in 1899, Superintending Engineer in 1911, and Chief Engineer in 1915, and became Secretary of the Department in 1916. He worked for many years in [[Sind Division\|Sind]] and was one of the main proponents of the [[Lloyd Barrage]] at [[Sukkur]], which was constructed to fertilise the region.

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'''Sir Frederick St John Gebbie''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (7 August 1871 – 20 March 1939) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[civil engineer]] in [[India]].

Gebbie was born in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], and was educated at [[Edinburgh Collegiate School]], the [[University of Edinburgh]] and the [[Royal Indian Engineering College]]. He joined the [[Bombay Presidency]] Public Works Department as an Assistant Engineer in 1893, was promoted to Executive Engineer in 1899, Superintending Engineer in 1911, and Chief Engineer in 1915, and became Secretary of the Department in 1916. He worked for many years in [[Sind Division|Sind]] and was one of the main proponents of the [[Lloyd Barrage]] at [[Sukkur]], which was constructed to fertilise the region.

In 1920, Gebbie was sent to [[Egypt]] to chair the [[Nile Projects Commission]], examining [[River Nile]] [[irrigation]]. In 1921 he was appointed Inspector-General of Irrigation of the Government of India, and was instrumental in the construction of defences to prevent the town of [[Dera Ismail Dun]] being flooded by the [[Indus]]. His post was abolished in 1923 and he was appointed Consulting Engineer to the Government of India. He retired in 1926.

Gebbie was appointed [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in the [[1920 New Year Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31712 |date=30 December 1919 |page=5 |supp=y}}</ref> and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1925.

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==References==
*Obituary, ''[[The Times]]'', 21 March 1939

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