Engineering at University College, London. 1855 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society and published Observations on the Floridas (1823, with valuable map). Founding member of the Photographic Society of London (now the Royal Photographic Society). 1855, served as a member of the royal commission on the Ordnance Survey, and was connected with the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Institution. References External links Page at Spartacus Charles Blacker Vignoles Grace's Guide to British Industrial History|publisher=Grace's Guide 1793 births 1875 deaths British railway civil engineers Burials at Brompton Cemetery Fellows of the Royal Society Irish people in rail transport Literary critics of English Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers Presidents of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers People from County Wexford