Brodie Henderson (engineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Brodie Henderson (engineer)

British civil engineer

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1869

Place of Birth: Ealing, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-Sep-1936

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sir Brodie Haldane Henderson, KCMG, CB (6 March 1869 – 28 September 1936) was a British civil engineer.
Henderson was primarily a railway engineer who worked for many railroad corporations across South America, Australasia and Africa.
He was the consultant for the Dona Ana Bridge which, when it was built in 1935, was the longest railway bridge in the world with a length of 2.24 miles.
He volunteered for service with the Royal Engineers at the outbreak of the First World War and was put in charge of railway lines used to tranposrt Allied troops and supplies.
In this capacity he held the rank of a Brigadier-General of the British Army and his success in this role resulted in him being decorated by the British, French and Belgian governments. After the war Henderson worked with the Imperial War Graves Commission, as High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1924 and as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
He was an important patron of John William Waterhouse, the pre-Raphaelite painter, and was the original owner of Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May.