Fifty Years In Ceylon An Autobiography

An autobiography by the late Major Thomas Skinner. Edited by his daughter Annie Skinner with a preface by Monnier Williams.19th century - Nineteenth century Major Thomas Bridges Boucher Skinner CMG was a British Army officer and engineer. He was a prominent road builder in Ceylon. In 1811, he moved to England with his father and studied in Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire. Dissatisfied with education, he went to Ceylon in 1819 to visit his father who was stationed in Trincomalee. There he was commissioned in Ceylon Rifle Regiment as a second lieutenant. His first job was to carry a platoon of soldiers from Trincomalee to Colombo, shortly after the 1818 rebellion that was not completely suppressed yet. Soon after, Skinner was appointed to the public works department which is responsible for building the roads in the island. He gained his lifelong lasting fame for constructing the Colombo–Kandy highway. He was appointed as head of the Colombo defence guard in 1825, lieutenant quartermaster general and surveyor general in 1833, and commissioner of highways in 1841. He is also noted for mapping previously uncharted parts of Ceylon. The Title 'Fifty Years In Ceylon An Autobiography written/authored/edited by Thomas Skinner', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121233798 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 343 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-