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'''Thomas Login''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSE|MICE}} (1823–1874) was a Scottish civil engineer remembered for his road and canal works in [[India]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
He was born in [[Stromness]] in [[Orkney]] in 1823. He was orphaned at an early age but cared for by his older siblings.<br />
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He was apprenticed as a [[civil engineer]] in [[Dundee]] and went out to [[India]] in 1844, aged 19, to join his elder brother Dr John Login (later Sir John Login) resident surgeon n [[Lucknow]]. He received an appointment as an engineer in the Department of Public Works under Major General W. Baker. In 1847 he was sent to assist Sir [[Proby Cautley]] on the [[Ganges Canal]] project. He was in sole charge of works in the [[Roorkee]] areaa.<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1680/imotp.1875.22738|title = Obituary. Thomas Login, F.r.s.e., 1823-1874|journal = Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers|volume = 39|issue = 1875|pages = 269–271|year = 1875|doi-access = free}}</ref> This included resolution of the Rutmoo and Puttri rapids in the [[Haridwar district|Hurdwar area]]. Login later moved to work in [[Burma]] but became ill in 1856 and had to return to Britain to convalesce. Returning to India in 1857 he became Executive Engineer of the Ganges-Darjeeling Road and the Roorkee-Dehra Road.<br />
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In 1857 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] his proposer being [[James Syme]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref><br />
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In 1864 Login moved to [[Sealkote]] and was involved in the creation of the [[Rechna Doab]] Canal. In 1865 he moved to [[Umballa]] as Executive Director of the upgrading of the [[Grand Trunk Road]].<br />
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In 1868 he returned to Britain and worked on various waterway projects in the [[Norwich]] and [[Exeter]] areas.<br />
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In 1871 he returned to India via the newly opened [[Suez Canal]] and returned to [[Umballa]] as head engineer for roads north of [[Simla]].<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1680/imotp.1875.22738|title = Obituary. Thomas Login, F.r.s.e., 1823-1874|journal = Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers|volume = 39|issue = 1875|pages = 269–271|year = 1875|doi-access = free}}</ref> Login caught a fever during this project and died in [[Sutlej]] on 5 June 1873. He was buried at [[Simla]] on the following day.<br />
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