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Biographies

The Archives holds a wealth of biographical information on many eminent scientists and pioneers in the engineering profession.

For individual biographies please click on the names below:

  • Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney
  • Alhazan
  • Sir Edward Appleton
  • Hertha Ayrton
  • William Ayrton
  • Alan Blumlein
  • Henry Boot
  • Douglas Chick
  • Arthur C Clarke
  • Sir William Fothergill Cooke
  • W R Cooper
  • Colonel R.E.B. Crompton
  • Sir William Crookes
  • Sir Humphry Davy
  • Harry Ellis
  • Gertrude Entwisle
  • Michael Faraday
  • Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti
  • Sir Arthur Fleming
  • Dame Caroline Haslett
  • Oliver Heaviside
  • Paul Jablochkoff
  • Amy Johnson
  • Lord Kelvin
  • Ada Countess of Lovelace
  • Marchese Marconi - PDF scan from The Junior Institution of Engineers Journal 1911-1912 [PDF, 990KB]
  • James Clerk Maxwell
  • William McClelland
  • John W. Meares 
  • Sir Eric Mensforth
  • Viscount Nuffield
  • Robert William Paul
  • Peter Peregrinus 
  • J S Raworth
  • Alec Reeves
  • Sir Francis Ronalds
  • Sir Henry Royce
  • A W Rucker
  • Sir William Siemens
  • Sir Joseph Swan
  • Sir James Swinburne
  • Silvanus P Thompson
  • Alan Turing
  • Sir Charles Wheatstone

 

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