Henry Austin

(1811-1861)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Austin, Henry, 1809 or 10-1861 NRA: Austin, Henry (? 1810-1861), civil engineer DNB: Austin, Henry (1811/12–1861), civil engineer and sanitarian LBT ID: HeAusti1861 VIAF ID: 63113639 LOC ID: n88256652	B/BAP: 1811 DIED: 1861-10-09
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English civil engineer; an authority on sanitation, he was secretary to the General Board of Health (1848-52) and a friend of Charles Dickens.
REFERENCES TO Henry Austin: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XIV Found 1: ¶ 18