Villiers Sankey
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Villiers Sankey was a military officer and surveyor, known for maps and plans from the turn of the 19th century, in Toronto, Canada.[2] In 1872 he was appointed to the British Indian Civil Service.[1]
He moved to Canada around 1875, where he studied to be a land surveyor.[1]
In 1888 he was appointed Toronto's first Surveyor General, a position he held until early 1905.[1][2] Sankey drowned while doing a survey near Kenora, Ontario, on July 10, 1905.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Charles Fairhall. "Surveyors Of The Past". https://www.krcmar.ca/resource-articles/1983_Fall_Major%20Villiers%20Sankey_1.pdf. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "SANKEY, VILLIERS". Queen's Own Rifles Museum. https://qormuseum.org/soldiers-of-the-queens-own/sankey-villiers/. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
