Charles Algernon Parsons
inventor of the steam turbine (1854-1931)
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- Born
- 1854
- Died
- 1931
- Works
- 2
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- Scientific papers and addresses, with a memoir by Lord Rayleigh and appendices
- The steam turbine -
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Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (13 June 1854 – 11 February 1931) was an Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884. His invention revolutionised marine propulsion, and he was also the founder of C. A. Parsons and Company, developing and building Turbinia (1894), the first steam turbine-powered steamship.
He worked as an engineer on dynamo and turbine design, and power generation, with great influence in the naval and electrical engineering fields. He also helped develop optical equipment for searchlights and telescopes. Parsons received the Franklin Medal in 1920, the Faraday Medal in 1923, and the Copley Medal in 1928 for his work, as well as the Engineering Heritage Awards posthumously in 1995.
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1854 births1931 deaths19th-century Anglo-Irish people20th-century Anglo-Irish peopleAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeAlumni of Trinity College DublinBessemer Gold MedalBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish inventorsBritish steam engine engineersCorresponding Members of the USSR Academy of SciencesEngineers from Tyne and Wear