William Pole
1814–1900
Engineer, musician, and authority on whist. Professor of engineering, Elphinstone College, Bombay, 1844–7. Worked on various engineering projects in Europe and Algeria. Professor of engineering, University College, London, 1859–67. Served on a number of committees and commissions of enquiry. Published widely, including in the popular press. Played the organ, organised concerts, and published on music; took a music doctorate at Oxford in 1867. Played and published on whist. FRS 1861.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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