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Sir Frank Whittle: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born June 1, 1907 • Coventry • England
Died August 8, 1996 (aged 89) • Columbia • Maryland

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Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
British engineer
Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
Richard Trevithick
British engineer and inventor
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
English engineer and inventor
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Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
British aircraft designer
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Henry Maudslay
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Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet
British engineer
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Sir John Isaac Thornycroft
British architect and engineer
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Sir Samuel Bentham
British engineer
Ohain, Hans Joachim Pabst von
Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain
German designer
R.E.P. No. 2
Robert Esnault-Pelterie
French aviation pioneer
Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer
English inventor and engineer
Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
Sir William Siemens
German-born English engineer and inventor
Difference Engine
Joseph Clement
British engineer
John Kay, detail of a lithograph by Madeley
John Kay
British engineer and inventor
Thomas Savery's steam pump
Thomas Savery
British engineer and inventor
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Joseph Bramah
British inventor
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William Froude
British engineer
William George Armstrong, c. 1870
William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong
British industrialist and engineer
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British engineer
Bailey bridge
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British engineer

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