Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879)
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Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879), surveyor and civil engineer 1803 January 3rd. Born in Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, possibly the only son of Jacob Sopwith (1770–1829), builder and cabinet-maker, and his wife, Isabella, daughter of Matthew Lowes. He was educated privately, but briefly, on Tyneside, before being apprenticed to his father as a cabinet-maker. Joined Joseph Dickinson of Alston in his survey of the Greenwich Hospital's Alston Moor mines, and soon went into partnership with him...... -
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