Lieutenant-Colonel John By (probably 7 August 1779 - 1 February 1836) was an English military engineer, best remembered for supervising the construction of the Rideau Canal and, in the process, founding what would become the city of Ottawa. Born in Lambeth in London, England in 1779, By studied at the Royal Military Academy. He was commissioned in the Royal Artillery on 1 August 1799 but transferred to the Royal Engineers on 20 December the same year. Wikipedia
John By broke with the family tradition of joining the customs service by entering the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich (London). www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=37404
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John By (1781-1836), lieutenant-colonel royal engineers, founder of Bytown, now Ottawa, Canada, and engineer of the Rideau canal, was born in 1781. After passing through the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, he received a commission as second lieutenan www.todayinsci.com/B/By_John/ByJohn-Bio.htm