Person    | Male  Born 13/6/1854  Died 11/2/1931

Sir Charles Parsons

Categories: Engineering, Science

Scientist and engineer. Designed marine turbines.
Born 13 Connaught Place, Hyde Park into an aristocratic family. Died on board the liner The Duchess of Richmond, after taking ill in Jamaica.

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Sir Charles Parsons

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Parsons Library

1854 - 1931 This library is dedicated to Sir Charles Parsons, scientist and ...

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Lewisham pump

Lewisham pump

Former community pump. See the plaque for its history.

Place, Engineering

1 memorial
Frederick Handley Page

Frederick Handley Page

Aircraft designer and manufacturer. His company manufactured the Halifax bombers used in WW2.

Person, Aviation, Engineering, Transport

1 memorial
Peter Frank Stott

Peter Frank Stott

Civil engineer. Eight years working in Australia. Director of Highways and Transportation at the GLC 1964-67. President of the Institute of Civil Engineers in 1990. Died Devon.

Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Transport, Australia

2 memorials
Lavender Pumphouse

Lavender Pumphouse

Built to control the water level in the former Surrey Docks.

Building, Engineering

1 memorial
Antiquarian Horological Society

Antiquarian Horological Society

It unites collectors, scholars and museum professionals interested in the historical aspects of horology (the study of the art, science, social history and technology of timekeepers, such as clocks...

Group, Engineering

1 memorial