About Christopher Savage
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Born 1927, educated at Winchester College 1940-45, engineering short
course at Birmingham University. Royal Engineers in Middle East and East
Africa 1945-48; Magdalene College, Cambridge 1948. Alfred Newton Essay
Prize 1949 and 1950, Mechanical Sciences Tripos 1950; CU Shooting 1950;
MA 1955; Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, including Tanganyika,
Swaziland, Iran, Sudan, Pakistan, and Thailand 1950-83. Nippon Koei Co.
Ltd. in Japan 1984-93. Telford Premium for paper "Indus Basin
Project: T-S-M-B Link Canal System", Proc. ICE 1965. Researched and
wrote "The Tarbela Experience" for the World Bank 1978-79.
Engineering specialisation water engineering especially irrigation and
hydropower development.
Environmental consultancies with The International Waterfowl Research Bureau 1965-74; The World Wildlife Fund 1969-74; The Fauna Preservation Society 1970-71; WWF/IUCN 1974-77; The Ruler of Abu Dhabi 1977-78. Founder and first Chairman of the World Pheasant Association 1975-78; founder and first Chairman of the International Trust for Nature Conservation 1975-78. Member and Council Member, Institute of Environmental Sciences 1979-82. Feasibility studies for the Water Shuttle Project 1978 intermittently to 1993; Chairman Japan Steering Committee for Trans-Malaysian Pipeline Project 1992 to date; originator and designer of Aquarius water bag system; 1993-1996. Formed AquaMarine UK Ltd. as consultancy in 1996; formed joint-venture with James Cran for Medusa Large Bag development 1997. PublicationsSavage, Christopher 1952 "The Mandarin Duck". A&C Black, London. Shurtleff, Lawton, and Savage, Christopher 1996 "The Wood Duck and the Mandarin". University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. Other interestsOrnithology Environmental conservation Oriental and African languages Contact Christopher Savage |
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