John Pennycuick (engineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Pennycuick (engineer)

British Army engineer and civil servant in India

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1841

Place of Birth: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Date of Death: 09-Mar-1911

Profession: engineer, cricketer, civil engineer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Colonel John Pennycuick CSI (15 January 1841 – 9 March 1911) was a British Army engineer and civil servant who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council when parts of the Indian subcontinent were under Colonial rule of the British East India Company.
He undertook several irrigation works which included the masonry dam of Mullaiperiyar on the Periyar River.