Adams, William (1823–1904), engineer, was born in Limehouse, London, on 15 October 1823, the second son and third child in the family of three sons and two daughters of John Samuel Adams, clerk of works to the East India Dock Company, and his wife, ...
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Adams, William (1823–1904), engineer
George W. Carpenter
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Adamson, Daniel (1820–1890), engineer and entrepreneur
J. Gordon Read
Adamson, Daniel (1820–1890), engineer and entrepreneur, was born on 30 April 1820 at Shildon, co. Durham. He was the thirteenth of fifteen children, seven sons and eight daughters, born to Daniel Adamson (1778–1832), landlord of the Grey Horse at Shildon, and his wife, ...
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Alexander, Daniel Asher (1768–1846), architect and engineer
Annette Peach
Alexander, Daniel Asher (1768–1846), architect and engineer, was born on 6 May 1768 in the parish of St Olave, Southwark, London, the son of Daniel Alexander, broker, and his wife, Elizabeth. He was educated at St Paul's School and in 1782 he became a student at the ...
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Allan, Sir William (1837–1903), engineer and politician
A. H. Millar
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Allan, Sir William (1837–1903), engineer and politician, born at Dundee on 29 November 1837, was the third son of James Allan (d. 1883), machine maker, and his wife, Margaret Dickson (d. 1879). After being educated in local schools, Allan served his apprenticeship as an engineer at his father's ...
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Alvey, John (1925–2019), engineer, weapons scientist, and telecommunications executive
Sarah Moorhouse
Alvey, John (1925–2019), engineer, weapons scientist, and telecommunications executive, was born at 1 Westbury Road, New Malden, Surrey, on 19 June 1925, the son of George Clarence Vincent Alvey (1890–1929), a civil servant in the Ministry of Pensions, and his wife ...
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Anderson, Adam (1780–1846), natural philosopher and engineer
Kenneth J. Cameron
Anderson, Adam (1780–1846), natural philosopher and engineer, was born on 29 June 1780 in Tulliallan parish, Perthshire, third son in the family of four sons and two daughters of Andrew Anderson, shipmaster of Kincardine-on-Forth, and his second wife, Anne Moon, of Errol. In later life he shortened his age, claiming to be born in 1783; this was also the date recorded on the gravestone erected by his admirers. Educated in arts and, briefly, divinity, at ...
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Appold, John George (1800–1865), fur dyer and engineer
Colin A. Hempstead
Appold, John George (1800–1865), fur dyer and engineer, was born on 14 April 1800 at 23 Wilson Street, Finsbury Square, London, the third of seven children of Christian Appold, (1758/9–1834), fur dyer, and his first wife Hannah née Titford (1771/2–1810...
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Atkins, Sir William Sydney Albert (1902–1989), engineer
Caldecote
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Atkins, Sir William Sydney Albert (1902–1989), engineer, was born on 6 February 1902 at 74 Medway Road, Bow, London, the second of three sons (there was also a daughter, who died at the age of eight) of Robert Edward Atkins and his wife, ...
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Austin, Herbert, Baron Austin (1866–1941), engineer and motor vehicle manufacturer
Roy Church
Austin, Herbert, Baron Austin (1866–1941), engineer and motor vehicle manufacturer, was born on 8 November 1866 at Grange Farm, Deep Mill Lane, Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, the second of five children of Giles Stevens Austin, a farmer, and his wife, Clara Jane, daughter of ...
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Austin, Herbert, Baron Austin (1866–1941)
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Herbert Austin, Baron Austin (1866–1941) by Walter Stoneman, 1937 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Aveling, Thomas (1824–1882), engineer and manufacturer of steamrollers
Jonathan Brown
Aveling, Thomas (1824–1882), engineer and manufacturer of steamrollers, was born at Elm, near Wisbech, on 11 September 1824, the eldest of three sons of Thomas Aveling (1801–1835), a landowner, and his wife, Ann Hobson (1802–1873). The obstetric physician James Hobson Aveling...
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Bacon, Francis Thomas [Tom] (1904–1992), engineer and developer of the fuel cell
Keith R. Williams
Bacon, Francis Thomas [Tom] (1904–1992), engineer and developer of the fuel cell, was born on 21 December 1904 at Ramsden Hall, Ramsden Crays, Billericay, Essex, the second of three sons of Thomas Walter Bacon (1863–1950), electrical engineer, and his wife, Edith Mary, née...
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Bacon, Francis Thomas (1904–1992)
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Francis Thomas Bacon (1904–1992) by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies, 1987 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Baird, Charles (1766–1843), engineer and manufacturer of steam-driven machinery
Robert Thorne
Baird, Charles (1766–1843), engineer and manufacturer of steam-driven machinery, was born on 20 December 1766 at Westertown, near Carron, Stirlingshire, and baptized Gascoigne Baird at Bothkennar on 19 January 1767, one of the ten children of Nicol Baird, superintendent of the Firth and Clyde Canal...
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Baker, Sir William Erskine (1808–1881), army officer and engineer
H. M. Stephens
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Baker, Sir William Erskine (1808–1881), army officer and engineer, was the fourth son of Captain Joseph Baker RN, and was born on 29 November 1808 at Leith. He was educated at Ludlow and at Addiscombe College (1825–6), and after attending an extended engineering course while a cadet he went out to ...
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Barr, Archibald (1855–1931)
Maker: James Russell & Sons
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Archibald Barr (1855–1931) by James Russell & Sons, 1930 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Barr, Archibald (1855–1931), engineer and manufacturer of range-finders
J. W. French
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Barr, Archibald (1855–1931), engineer and manufacturer of range-finders, was born at Glenfield, near Paisley, Renfrewshire, on 18 November 1855, the third son of Archibald Barr, yarn merchant, and his wife, Jeanie Stirrat, of Paisley. From Paisley grammar school he entered the local works of ...
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Beale, Sir Samuel Richard (1881–1964), engineer and industrialist
Charles W. Munn
Beale, Sir Samuel Richard (1881–1964), engineer and industrialist, was born in Birmingham on 7 February 1881, one of two sons of James Samuel Beale (1840–1912) [see under Beale family], solicitor and company director, and his wife, Margaret Field. He was educated at ...
