William Newsham Blair
1841–91
Scottish engineer and surveyor. Trained as an engineer in Scotland. Emigrated to New Zealand in 1863. Appointed Otago’s chief engineer of roads, 1863; chief engineer of railways, 1869. Became an authorised surveyor in 1877. Head of the South Island division of the Public Works Department from 1878. Active in several scientifc societies in Otago.
Source
DNZB
Bibliography
DNZB: A dictionary of New Zealand biography. Edited by G. H. Scholefield. 2 vols. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Internal Affairs. 1940. The dictionary of New Zealand biography. Edited by W. H. Oliver et al. 5 vols. Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Internal Affairs [and others]. 1990–2000.
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