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Sir [[Eric Eastwood]] (1910–1981), physicist and electrical engineer <br> | Sir [[Eric Eastwood]] (1910–1981), physicist and electrical engineer <br> | ||
Sir [[Josiah Eccles]] (1897–1967), engineer and industrialist <br> | Sir [[Josiah Eccles]] (1897–1967), engineer and industrialist <br> | ||
Sir (George) | [[Keith Buller Elphinstone|Elphinstone, Sir (George) Keith Buller ]] (1865–1941), electrical engineer <br> | ||
Sir (James) | [[Alfred Ewing|Ewing, Sir (James) Alfred ]] (1855–1935), engineer and cryptographer <br> | ||
[[Charles Edward Fairburn]] (1887–1945), railway engineer <br> | [[Charles Edward Fairburn|Fairburn, Charles Edward ]] (1887–1945), railway engineer <br> | ||
[[Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti]] (1864–1930), electrical engineer and inventor <br> | [[Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti|de Ferrani, Sebastian Ziani]] (1864–1930), electrical engineer and inventor <br> | ||
Sir (John) | [[Ambrose Fleming|Fleming, Sir (John) Ambrose ]] (1849–1945), electrical engineer and university teacher <br> | ||
[[A. P. M. Fleming|Fleming, Sir Arthur Percy Morris ]] (1881–1960), electrical engineer <br> | |||
[[Thomas Harold Flowers]] (1905–1998), engineer <br> | [[Thomas Harold Flowers|Flowrs, Thomas Harold ]] (1905–1998), engineer <br> | ||
[[George Forbes]] (1849–1936), electrical engineer and inventor <br> | [[George Forbes|Forbes, George ]] (1849–1936), electrical engineer and inventor <br> | ||
[[Alexander Gilchrist Frame|Frame, Sir Alexander Gilchrist ]] (1929–1993), engineer and businessman <br> | |||
[[James Edward Henry Gordon]] (1852–1893), electrical engineer <br> | [[James Edward Henry Gordon|Gordon, James Edward Henry ]] (1852–1893), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[John Hacking|Hacking, Sir John]] (1888–1969), electrical engineer <br> | |||
[[Bernard Hague]] (1893–1960), electrical engineer <br> | [[Bernard Hague|Haue, Bernard ]] (1893–1960), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[Robert Hammond]] (1850–1915), electrical engineer <br> | [[Robert Hammond|Hammond, Robert ]] (1850–1915), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[Caroline Harriet Haslett|Haslett, Dame Caroline Harriet ]] (1895–1957), electrical engineer and electricity industry administrator <br> | |||
[[Jonathan Nash Hearder]] (1809–1876), electrical engineer <br> | [[Jonathan Nash Hearder|Hearder, Jonathan Nash]] (1809–1876), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[Oliver Heaviside]] (1850–1925), physicist and electrical engineer <br> | [[Oliver Heaviside| Heaviside, Oliver]] (1850–1925), physicist and electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[W. T. Henley|William Thomas | [[W. T. Henley|Henley, William Thomas ]] (1813?–1882), electrical engineer and manufacturer <br> | ||
[[Hugo Hirst|Hirst, Baron Hugo ]] (1863–1943), electrical engineer and company manager <br> | |||
[[John Hopkinson (1849 - 1898)| Hopkinson, John]] (1849–1898), electrical engineer<br> | [[John Hopkinson (1849 - 1898)| Hopkinson, John]] (1849–1898), electrical engineer<br> | ||
[[Philip Vassar Hunter]] (1883–1956), electrical engineer <br> | [[Philip Vassar Hunter|Hunter, Philip Vassar]] (1883–1956), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[Willis Jackson]], Baron Jackson of Burnley (1904–1970), electrical engineer and educationist <br> | [[Willis Jackson|Jackson, Willis ]], Baron Jackson of Burnley (1904–1970), electrical engineer and educationist <br> | ||
(Henry Charles) | [[Fleeming Jenkin|Jenkin, (Henry Charles) Fleeming ]] (1833–1885), electrical engineer and university teacher <br> | ||
[[Gilbert John Edward Kapp]] (1852–1922), electrical engineer and university teacher <br> | [[Gilbert John Edward Kapp|Kapp, Gilbert John Edward ]] (1852–1922), electrical engineer and university teacher <br> | ||
[[Harry Robert Kempe]] (1852–1935), electrical engineer and journal editor <br> | [[Harry Robert Kempe|Kempe, Harry Robert ]] (1852–1935), electrical engineer and journal editor <br> | ||
[[Alexander Blackie William Kennedy|Kennedy, Sir Alexander Blackie William ]] (1847–1928), mechanical and electrical engineer <br> | |||
[[Arthur Edwin Kennelly]] (1861–1939), electrical engineer <br> | [[Arthur Edwin Kennelly|Kennelly, Arthur Edwin]] (1861–1939), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[Norman Victor Kipping|Kipping, Sir Norman Victor]] (1901–1979), electrical engineer and industrialist <br> | |||
[[Charles Merz|Charles Hesterman | [[Charles Merz|Merz, Charles Hesterman ]] (1874–1940), electrical engineer <br> | ||
Sir (William) | [[Murray Morrison|Morrison, Sir (William) Murray]] (1873–1948), metallurgist and electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[Eric Balliol Moullin]] (1893–1963), electrical engineer and university teacher <br> | [[Eric Balliol Moullin|Moullin, Eric Balliol ]] (1893–1963), electrical engineer and university teacher <br> | ||
[[Alexander Muirhead]] (1848–1920), electrical engineer <br> | [[Alexander Muirhead|Muirhead, Alexander ]] (1848–1920), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[George Nelson|George Horatio | [[George Nelson|Nelson, George Horatio]], first Baron Nelson of Stafford (1887–1962), electrical engineer and company manager <br> | ||
[[Charles William Oatley|Oatley, Sir Charles William]] (1904–1996), electrical engineer <br> | |||
[[Frank Parkinson]] (1887–1946), electrical engineer and philanthropist <br> | [[Frank Parkinson|Parkinson, Frank]] (1887–1946), electrical engineer and philanthropist <br> | ||
Sir (Standen) | [[Leonard Pearce|Pearce, Sir (Standen) Leonard ]] (1873–1947), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[John Perry (1850 - 1920)|John | [[John Perry (1850 - 1920)|Perry, John ]] (1850–1920), electrical engineer and mathematician <br> | ||
[[William Petrie]] (1821–1908), electrical engineer <br> | [[William Petrie|Petrie, William]] (1821–1908), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[William Henry Preece|Preece, Sir William Henry ]] (1834–1913), electrical engineer and administrator <br> | |||
[[Gordon Hindle Rawcliffe]] (1910–1979), electrical engineer and university teacher <br> | [[Gordon Hindle Rawcliffe|Rawcliffe, Gordon Hindle ]] (1910–1979), electrical engineer and university teacher <br> | ||
[[John Adolph Sargrove]] (1906–1975), electrical engineer <br> | [[John Adolph Sargrove|Sargrove, John Adolph ]] (1906–1975), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[Leonard Satchwell]] (1888–1963), electrical engineer <br> | [[Leonard Satchwell|Satchwell, Leonard ]] (1888–1963), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[Alexander Siemens]] (1847–1928), electrical engineer <br> | [[Alexander Siemens|Siemens, Alexander ]] (1847–1928), electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[William Siemens| Siemens, Sir (Charles) William ]] (1823–1883), electrical engineer and metallurgist <br> | [[William Siemens| Siemens, Sir (Charles) William ]] (1823–1883), electrical engineer and metallurgist <br> | ||
[[John Francis Cleverton Snell|Snell, Sir John Francis Cleverton]] (1869–1938), electrical engineer and administrator <br> | |||
[[James Swinburne|Swinburne, Sir James ]] (1858–1958), industrial chemist and electrical engineer <br> | [[James Swinburne|Swinburne, Sir James ]] (1858–1958), industrial chemist and electrical engineer <br> | ||
[[Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton|Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell]] (1863–1930), electrical engineer <br> | [[Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton|Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell]] (1863–1930), electrical engineer <br> | ||
Revision as of 16:58, 8 July 2013
A search in the 2012 on-line Oxford Dictionary of National Biography lists very few electrical engineers.
Those found were:
Thomas Edward Allibone (1903–2003), physicist and electrical engineer
Sir (Arthur) Stanley Angwin (1883–1959), electrical engineer
(Phoebe) Sarah Hertha Ayrton (née Marks) (1854–1923), electrical engineer and suffragist
William Edward Ayrton (1847–1908), electrical engineer and physicist
Francis Thomas Bacon (1904–1992), engineer and developer of the fuel cell
Sir George Edwin Bailey (1879–1965), electrical engineer and industrialist
Harold Everard Monteagle Barlow (1899–1989), electrical engineer
Charles Reginald Belling (1884–1965), electrical engineer and manufacturer
Alfred Rosling Bennett (1850–1928), electrical engineer
Charles Henry Walker Biggs (1845–1923), technical journalist and editor of Electrical Engineer
Basil Binyon (1885–1977), electrical engineer
James Blyth (1839–1906), electrical engineer and university teacher
Sir Francis John Bolton (1831–1887), army officer and electrical engineer
(William) John Bray (1911–2004), telecommunications engineer
Sidney George Brown (1873–1948), electrical engineer and inventor
Sir Thomas Octavius Callender (1855–1938), electrical engineer
Sir Samuel Canning (1823–1908), civil and electrical engineer
Philip Cardew (1851–1910), army officer and electrical engineer
Eric Kirkham Cole (1901–1966), radio engineer
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (1860–1935), electrical engineer and film-maker
Charles Vickery Drysdale (1874–1961), electrical engineer and social philosopher
William Du Bois Duddell (1872–1917), electrical engineer
Sir Eric Eastwood (1910–1981), physicist and electrical engineer
Sir Josiah Eccles (1897–1967), engineer and industrialist
Elphinstone, Sir (George) Keith Buller (1865–1941), electrical engineer
Ewing, Sir (James) Alfred (1855–1935), engineer and cryptographer
Fairburn, Charles Edward (1887–1945), railway engineer
de Ferrani, Sebastian Ziani (1864–1930), electrical engineer and inventor
Fleming, Sir (John) Ambrose (1849–1945), electrical engineer and university teacher
Fleming, Sir Arthur Percy Morris (1881–1960), electrical engineer
Flowrs, Thomas Harold (1905–1998), engineer
Forbes, George (1849–1936), electrical engineer and inventor
Frame, Sir Alexander Gilchrist (1929–1993), engineer and businessman
Gordon, James Edward Henry (1852–1893), electrical engineer
Hacking, Sir John (1888–1969), electrical engineer
Haue, Bernard (1893–1960), electrical engineer
Hammond, Robert (1850–1915), electrical engineer
Haslett, Dame Caroline Harriet (1895–1957), electrical engineer and electricity industry administrator
Hearder, Jonathan Nash (1809–1876), electrical engineer
Heaviside, Oliver (1850–1925), physicist and electrical engineer
Henley, William Thomas (1813?–1882), electrical engineer and manufacturer
Hirst, Baron Hugo (1863–1943), electrical engineer and company manager
Hopkinson, John (1849–1898), electrical engineer
Hunter, Philip Vassar (1883–1956), electrical engineer
Jackson, Willis , Baron Jackson of Burnley (1904–1970), electrical engineer and educationist
Jenkin, (Henry Charles) Fleeming (1833–1885), electrical engineer and university teacher
Kapp, Gilbert John Edward (1852–1922), electrical engineer and university teacher
Kempe, Harry Robert (1852–1935), electrical engineer and journal editor
Kennedy, Sir Alexander Blackie William (1847–1928), mechanical and electrical engineer
Kennelly, Arthur Edwin (1861–1939), electrical engineer
Kipping, Sir Norman Victor (1901–1979), electrical engineer and industrialist
Merz, Charles Hesterman (1874–1940), electrical engineer
Morrison, Sir (William) Murray (1873–1948), metallurgist and electrical engineer
Moullin, Eric Balliol (1893–1963), electrical engineer and university teacher
Muirhead, Alexander (1848–1920), electrical engineer
Nelson, George Horatio, first Baron Nelson of Stafford (1887–1962), electrical engineer and company manager
Oatley, Sir Charles William (1904–1996), electrical engineer
Parkinson, Frank (1887–1946), electrical engineer and philanthropist
Pearce, Sir (Standen) Leonard (1873–1947), electrical engineer
Perry, John (1850–1920), electrical engineer and mathematician
Petrie, William (1821–1908), electrical engineer
Preece, Sir William Henry (1834–1913), electrical engineer and administrator
Rawcliffe, Gordon Hindle (1910–1979), electrical engineer and university teacher
Sargrove, John Adolph (1906–1975), electrical engineer
Satchwell, Leonard (1888–1963), electrical engineer
Siemens, Alexander (1847–1928), electrical engineer
Siemens, Sir (Charles) William (1823–1883), electrical engineer and metallurgist
Snell, Sir John Francis Cleverton (1869–1938), electrical engineer and administrator
Swinburne, Sir James (1858–1958), industrial chemist and electrical engineer
Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell (1863–1930), electrical engineer
Thompson, Silvanus Phillips (1851–1916), physicist and electrical engineer
Trotter, Alexander Pelham (1857–1947), electrical engineer
Varley, Frederick Henry (1842–1916), electrical engineer
Volk, Magnus (1851–1937), electrical engineer
Walker, Charles Vincent (1812–1882), technical editor and electrical engineer
Webber, Charles Edmund (1838–1904), army officer and electrical engineer
Wilde, Henry (1833–1919), electrical engineer and inventor
Williams, Sir Frederic Calland (1911–1977), electrical engineer and university teacher
Wimshurt, James (1832–1903), electrical engineer and shipwright
Young, Arthur Primrose (1885–1977), electrical engineer and management adviser
Zepler, Eric Ernest (1898–1980), electrical engineer and university teacher
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