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Alfred Dundas Taylor was born August 30 1825 in England son of George Ledwell Taylor (1788–1873) a civil architect to the Admiralty in the UK. Taylor’s last published book was The India Directory for the Guidance of Steamers and Sailing Vessels (London: Smith Elder 1891). He retired as Commander of the Indian Navy and died in England in 1898. He died 14 Nov. 1898 in Sussex Eng.He is alleged to have first proposed the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project in about 1860.