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William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong

William George Armstrong

English inventor, scientist, engineer, industrialist (1810-1900).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Member Of

Royal Society
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Place of Birth

Newcastle upon Tyne

Place of Death

Northumberland

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Date of Death

12/27/1900

Date of Birth

11/26/1810

Instance Of

Human

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Award Received

Fellow of the Royal Society
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Albert Medal
 (1878)
Award Rationale
: because of his distinction as an engineer and as a scientific man, and because by the development of the transmission of power – hydraulically – due to his constant efforts, extending over many years, the manufactures of this country have been greatly aided, and mechanical power beneficially substituted for most laborious and injurious manual labour
Point in Time
: 1878
Knight Bachelor

Family Name

Armstrong

Occupation

Engineer
Inventor
Entrepreneur
Civil Engineer
Lawyer
Mechanical Engineer
Politician

Given Name

William
George

Residence

Cragside

Described by Source

11 items
Nordisk Familjebok
Dictionary of National Biography, First Supplement
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Armstrong, William George (DNB01)
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q43402017
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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:
Q24334462
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:Armstrong, William George, Lord
Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Armstrong, Sir William George
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th Edition (1885–1890)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q112756769
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th Edition (1885–1890)
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
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:
Q25369886
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
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:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Armstrong, William George Armstrong
Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Armstrong, William George, Lord

Birth Name

William George Armstrong

Commons Gallery

William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong

Educated At

Newcastle University
King James I Academy
Royal Grammar School

Noble Title

Baron
Baron Armstrong
 (7/6/1887 - 12/27/1900)
Series Ordinal
:1
End Cause
:
Death
Start Time
: 7/6/1887
End Time
: 12/27/1900

Owner Of

Armstrong Whitworth

Position Held

Member of the House of Lords
End Time
: unknown value
President
 (January 1881 - December 1881)
Replaces
:
William Henry Barlow
Replaced By
:
Joseph Bazalgette
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Institution of Civil Engineers
Start Time
: January 1881
End Time
: December 1881
High Sheriff of Northumberland
 (1873 - 1874)
Start Time
: 1873
End Time
: 1874

Father

William Armstrong

Mother

Anne Potter

Spouse

Margaret Ramshaw
 (5/1/1835 - )
Start Time
: 5/1/1835

Sibling

Anne Armstrong

Place of Burial

Haw Hill Burial Ground
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