Joseph Bazalgette, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Bazalgette

19th-century English civil engineer

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1819

Place of Birth: London Borough of Enfield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Mar-1891

Profession: architect, engineer, civil engineer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, CB (; 28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was a 19th-century English civil engineer.
As chief engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works his major achievement was the creation (in response to the Great Stink of 1858) of a sewer network for central London which was instrumental in relieving the city from cholera epidemics, while beginning the cleansing of the River Thames.