William Garstin

He was responsible for a number of important hydrological and public works in Egypt.

He held this position during the construction of the Aswan Low Dam across the Nile 1898–1902.

For his services to this project he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in December 1902,[1] and received the First class of the Ottoman Order of Osmanieh from the Khedive of Egypt.

[2] In early 1903 Garstin and a surveyor travelled the Lake Edward, the Semliki River and the Lake Albert, and visited Mombasa, Uganda, Gondokoro and Khartoum.

The extinct giant snake Gigantophis garstini was named in his honour.