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active 1799-1830, inventor, gas engineer, German

Winsor, Frederick Albert

British engineer and inventor of the fuel cell as used on the Apollo mission Service Modules. The same technology was also used for power and water on NASA's Space Shuttle.

Bacon, Francis Thomas

1904 - 1992
1812-1889, engineer; astronomer, British; Scottish

Newall, Robert Stirling

1812 - 1889
1935-2010, cosmonaut, Russian

Sevastyanov, Vitaly Ivanovich

1935 - 2010
1877-1963, farmer; engineer, British; English

Hosier, Arthur Julius

1877 - 1963
1820-1897, engineer, British; Scottish

Kirkaldy, David

1820 - 1897
1824-1886, engineer, British

Ordish, Rowland Mason

1824 - 1886
1793-1850, architect; engineer, Scottish; British

Handyside, William

1793 - 1850
1805-1883, naval officer; inventor; pantetee; engineer; surveyor, English; British

Peacock, George

1805 - 1883
1862-1931, engineer, British

Darling, Alfred

1862 - 1931
1832-1891, inventor; engineer, German

Otto, Nikolaus August

1832 - 1891
1854-1897, engineer; aeronaut, Swedish

Andree, Salomon August

1854 - 1897
1848-1903, engineer, English; British

Holt, Henry Percy

1848 - 1903
1858-1932, marine boiler designer, English; British

Reed, Joseph W

1858 - 1932
1876-1965, locomotive engineer and railway administrator, British

Stanier, Sir William Arthur

1876 - 1965
1899-1971, inventor; engineer, Swiss

Reutter, Jean-Léon

1899 - 1971
1888-1969, Chief Engineer fof London & North Eastern Railway, England, Scottish

Train, Sir John Cumberland Landale

1888 - 1969
1794-1875, engineer, French

Cave, Francois

1794 - 1875
1683-1744, natural philosopher; engineer, French born, active England

Desaguliers, John Theophilus

1683 - 1744
1823-1877, engineer; manufacturer, German

Schäffer, Bernhard

1823 - 1877
1869-1942, engineer, Danish

Poulsen, Valdemar

1869 - 1942
1868-1938, engineer, ship model restorer, Paston, Peterborough, England, British

Ihlee, Frederick Charles

1868 - 1938
c. 1780-1837, engineer, British

Dodd, Barrodall Robert

1780 - 1837
1750-1813, engineer; inventor of the extinguisher pump/lift pump, German

Löscher, Carl Emanuel

1750 - 1813
1763-1805, engineer; cleric, French

Chappe, Claude

1763 - 1805
1835-1917, locomotive engineer, Scottish; British

Stirling, James

1835 - 1917
1859-1935, aircraft designer; engineer, German

Junkers, Hugo

1859 - 1935
1808-1867, engineer, English; British

Humphrys, Edward

1808 - 1867
1788-1827, engineer; optical researcher; physicist, French

Fresnel, Augustin Jean

1788 - 1827
1854-1931, engineer; scientist, British; English

Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon

1854 - 1931
1785-1861, engineer; millwright, English; British

Cubitt, Sir William

1785 - 1861
1794-1858, engineer; ironfounder; manufacturer of locomotives, British

Bury, Edward

1794 - 1858
1849-1897, engineer; patentee, British

Blechynden, Alfred

1849 - 1897
1793-1875, surgeon; engineer, British; English

Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy

1793 - 1875
1846-1924, engineer; naval architect, British; English

Froude, Robert Edmund

1846 - 1924
1863-1933, engineer; motor car designer, British; English

Royce, Sir Frederick Henry

1863 - 1933
1800-1878, engineer; optician; telescope builder; machinist, British; Irish

Grubb, Thomas

1800 - 1878
1843-1920, engineer; model maker, British; Scottish

Kiddie, Andrew Webster

1843 - 1920
1803-1879, engineer; Patent Office administrator, English; British

Woodcroft, Bennet

1803 - 1879
1889-1954, aviation engineer and aircraft designer, British

Folland, Henry Phillip

1889 - 1954
c.1859-1981, engineers, merchants, quarry owners, Sheffield

Thomas W Ward Limited

1859 - 1981
1881-1957, aircraft designer; spaceflight pioneer and theorist; engineer, French

Esnault-Pelterie, Robert Albert Charles

1881 - 1957
1789-1874, first baronet; engineer, Scottish; British

Fairbairn, Sir William

1789 - 1874
active 1890-1912, motor, marine and general engineers, Teddington, Middlesex, England

Hesse and Savory Limited

1890 - 1912
1898-1982, engineer, American

Edwards, MIles Lowell

1898 - 1982
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Hancock, Walter

1799 - 1852
1852-1943, engineer; inventor; industrialist, Anglo-Swiss

Renold, Hans

1852 - 1943
1801-1870, engineer; shipwright; naval architect, English; British

Ditchburn, Thomas Joseph

1801 - 1870
1844-1932 typefounding inventor and engineer, United States

Benton, Linn Boyd

1844 - 1932
1833-1886, engineer, English; British

Turton, Thomas

1833 - 1886