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On arrival in London he gave evidence to the parliamentary commission for the River Nene and in 1758 was employed as surveyor and engineer on the works. After this his main work was as surveyor and engineer on numerous canal and river navigations including the
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President because of his seniority but it was a position he approached with enthusiasm taking the notes for the first few meetings and also covering parts of its costs. Yeoman died a widower in 1781, being buried in
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As his social standing rose he moved first to Gold Street, where he built and sold scientific instruments, and then to Bridge Street. His ventilators sold as far as
Rotterdam, for use on the British merchant fleet. He also first surveyed the
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Holborn where they "agreed that the civil engineers of this Kingdom do form themselves into a Society". This was the "first group of non-military engineers in the English-speaking world". He was elected the first president of a
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Yeoman and his wife had another son, Samuel, before Sarah died in 1746. He married Anne
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Chrimes, 'Society of Civil Engineers (act. 1771–2001)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press.
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