S. D. Pears

Steuart Durand Pears (24 February 1859 – 2 February 1953) was a British civil engineer and administrator who served as President of the Madras Corporation from 1902 to 1906.

Biography[edit]

Born in Ootacamund, British India to Colonel Arnold Christian Pears, Pears was educated at Clifton College^[1] and left for India in July 1877.^[2] His younger brother was Sir Edmund Radcliffe Pears.

He died at Kersbrook Cottage, Lyme Regis, Dorset, aged 93.^[3]

Career[edit]

Pears served in the Public Works Department (PWD) of the Madras Government from 1877 to 1896.^[2] From 1893 to 1896, he was in charge of the Mullaperiyar Dam project.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p50: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
^ ^a ^b ^c J. E. Pearson, ed. (1904). Clifton College annals and register : 1862-1904. J.W. Arrowsmith. p. 94.
^ "Deaths". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 4 February 1953. p. 1.

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[1] "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p50: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948

[cliftonp94-2] J. E. Pearson, ed. (1904). Clifton College annals and register : 1862-1904. J.W. Arrowsmith. p. 94.

[deaths-3] "Deaths". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 4 February 1953. p. 1.

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