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William Newsham Blair M.Inst.C.E. (10 August 1841 – 4 May 1891), was a New Zealand engineer and surveyor. He was born in Kilmeny, Islay, Argyllshire, Scotland on 10 August 1841. He was in the service of the Provincial Government of Otago from 1864 to 1865 whereupon he became district engineer in the Public Works Department of New Zealand in 1871, Engineer-in-charge of the Middle Island in 1878, and Assistant Engineer-in-Chief for the colony in 1884. In 1890 Mr. Blair was appointed Engineer-in-chief, and died on 4 May 1891.

References

1. Godley, E. J. (March 2001). "Biographical Notes (41): William Newsham Blair (1841-1891)" (PDF). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter. 63: 16–17.
2. Williams, Trevor. "William Newsham Blair". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
3. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Blair, William Newsham" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

External links

• Works by or about William Newsham Blair at the Internet Archive

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