Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

William Kerr

From Graces Guide

Professor William Kerr

1886 Born in Coatbridge

1901 Apprentice at Murray and Paterson, Coatbridge

1906 Various positions held at Glasgow Royal Technical College

1913 Turbine designer at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co

1919 Lecturer at Royal Technical College

1924 Associate Professor of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Royal Technical College

1924 Associate Member of Inst of Mech Eng

1959 Died


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