William Henry Preece
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British scientist (1834–1913)
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Vinony's link graph records 65 inbound references to William Henry Preece, and connects out to electrical engineering, Order of the Bath and Michael Faraday.
Vinony files it under 1834 births, 1913 deaths and 19th-century British engineers.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Caernarfon
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- King's College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Telford Medal
- Image
- William Henry Preece.jpg
- Significant event
- investiture
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- date of death
- 1913-11-06
- date of birth
- 1834-02-15
- member of
- Royal Society
- Commons category
- William Henry Preece
- place of burial
- Brookwood Cemetery
- writing language
- English language
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- P12749
- Servigliano
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Categories
1834 births1913 deaths19th-century British engineers19th-century Welsh scientists20th-century British engineers20th-century Welsh scientistsAlumni of King's College LondonBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyInternational members of the American Philosophical SocietyKnights Commander of the Order of the BathPeople educated at King's College School, LondonPeople from CaernarfonPeople from CaernarfonshirePresidents of the Institution of Civil EngineersPresidents of the Smeatonian Society of Civil EngineersWelsh electrical engineers