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FOX SMITH (also known as Foxie to his family) was born on 28 April 1897 and received his general education at the Grey Institute High School in Port Elizabeth. He received his tertiary education in Engineering at Rhodes University College, the SA College and the University of Cape Town where he graduated with distinction. The Transkeian Territories General Council and the Pondoland General Council employed him in 1919 where he served as a Junior Assistant Engineer for a period of six months and as Chief Assistant Engineer for six years. During this time he was involved in the design and construction of road bridges, buildings, water schemes, surveying and the supervision of road building in mountainous countryside. The area over which his work was spread covered an area of 16 000 square miles (equivalent of about 41 500 square kilometres). FOX SMITH was elected as an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in London on 13 April 1926. Eight years later Smith gave his address to the ICE as P.O. Box 33, Umtata, Tembuland, South Africa. In the late 1950's FOX SMITH had moved to King Williams Town and by 1969 he was no longer on the ICE Roll. [Institution of Civil Engineers, London: Candidates Circular for R M Fox Smith] He died on 5 February 1968 in King William's Town where he and his wife, sister to my grandfather, retired. (Mike Kenyon) Submitted by William MARTINSON
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