Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p This article is about Sir Edward Watkin, railway chairman (1819-1901), for other people of the same name see Edward Watkin (disambiguation)Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet (26 September 1819–13 April 1901) was a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur. He was an ambitious visionary, and presided over large-scale railway engineering projects to fulfil his business aspirations, eventually rising to become chairman of nine different British railway companies. Among his more notable projects were his expansion of the Metropolitan Railway (part of today's London Underground network); the construction of the Great Central Main Line, a purpose-built high-speed railway line; and a failed attempt to dig a channel tunnel under the English Channel to connect his railway empire to the French rail network.. }
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- Edward_Watkin abstract "This article is about Sir Edward Watkin, railway chairman (1819-1901), for other people of the same name see Edward Watkin (disambiguation)Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet (26 September 1819–13 April 1901) was a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur. He was an ambitious visionary, and presided over large-scale railway engineering projects to fulfil his business aspirations, eventually rising to become chairman of nine different British railway companies. Among his more notable projects were his expansion of the Metropolitan Railway (part of today's London Underground network); the construction of the Great Central Main Line, a purpose-built high-speed railway line; and a failed attempt to dig a channel tunnel under the English Channel to connect his railway empire to the French rail network.".