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Francis Spring
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<p>Sir Francis Joseph Edward Spring <a href="/facts/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Indian_Empire/zYdRD0v7">KCIE</a> <a href="/facts/Fellow_of_the_Institution_of_Mechanical_Engineers/5ATvYva8">FIMechE</a> (20 January 1849 – 25 August 1933) was an <a href="/facts/Anglo-Irish/6pkxMTxU">Anglo-Irish</a> civil engineer and member of the <a href="/facts/Imperial_Legislative_Council/Q57JeBqv">Imperial Legislative Council</a> who played a pioneering role in development of the <a href="/facts/Indian_Railways/gjJXmGqY">Indian Railways</a>. Spring is largely remembered today for championing the cause of the <a href="/facts/Indian_people/S30UyveY">Indian</a> <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a> <a href="/facts/Srinivasa_Ramanujan/HBPr4bzd">Srinivasa Ramanujan</a>. </p>