Frederick Bramwell
Sir Frederick Bramwell, Bt | |
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Born | |
Died | 30 November 1903 United Kingdom | (aged 85)
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Civil, mechanical |
Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers (president), Institution of Mechanical Engineers (president), Royal Society of Arts (president), Royal Society, (fellow) |
Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell, 1st Baronet
Bramwell trained as an engineer and studied steam propulsion. In 1843 he constructed a locomotive for the Stockton and Darlington Railway; set up his own business concentrating on legal and consultative work (1853). He was the first engineer to practise as a technical advocate and later was adviser to the London water companies.
Family
He was the son of George Bramwell, a partner in Dorrien and Co. Bankers, and his wife Harriet, and the younger brother of Sir
Bramwell died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 30 November 1903, in London, and was buried at Hever, Kent.[1]
Works
- "On the Steam-engine". Science Lectures at South Kensington. Vol. I. London: Macmillan & Company. 1878. pp. 111–172.
- Our big guns (1886, address to the Birmingham and Midland Institute) from his work as a civilian member of the Ordnance Committee.
References
- ^ a b c The Royal Society (12 June 1873). "Bramwell; Sir; Frederick Joseph (1818–1903)". Fellows. London: Royal Society. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
Election Date: 12/06/1873
[dead link] - ISBN 0-7277-0392-7.
- ^ 1881 England census Class: RG11; Piece: 22; Folio: 67; Page: 61; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341005.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. {{cite encyclopedia}}
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External links
- Works by or about Frederick Bramwell at Wikisource
- Media related to Frederick Joseph Bramwell at Wikimedia Commons
- Wood, Henry Trueman Wright Wood (1912). "Bramwell, Frederick Joseph". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 213–216. Retrieved 20 November 2013.