DNB - Electrical Engineers

A search in the 2012 on-line Oxford Dictionary of National Biography lists very few electrical engineers. Its primary focus would appear to be on the titled classes and other non-productive sectors.

Also see DNB - Mechanical Engineers

Those found were:

Allibone, Thomas Edward (1903–2003), physicist and electrical engineer
Angwin, Sir (Arthur) Stanley (1883–1959), electrical engineer
Ayrton, (Phoebe) Sarah Hertha (née Marks) (1854–1923), electrical engineer and suffragist
Ayrton, William Edward (1847–1908), electrical engineer and physicist
Bacon, Francis Thomas (1904–1992), engineer and developer of the fuel cell
Bailey, Sir George Edwin (1879–1965), electrical engineer and industrialist
Barlow, Harold Everard Monteagle (1899–1989), electrical engineer
Belling, Charles Reginald (1884–1965), electrical engineer and manufacturer
Bennett, Alfred Rosling (1850–1928), electrical engineer
Biggs, Charles Henry Walker (1845–1923), technical journalist and editor of Electrical Engineer
Binyon, Basil (1885–1977), electrical engineer
Blyth, James (1839–1906), electrical engineer and university teacher
Bolton, Sir Francis John (1831–1887), army officer and electrical engineer
Bray, (William) John (1911–2004), telecommunications engineer
Brown, Sidney George (1873–1948), electrical engineer and inventor
Callender, Sir Thomas Octavius (1855–1938), electrical engineer
Canning, Sir Samuel (1823–1908), civil and electrical engineer
Cardew, Philip (1851–1910), army officer and electrical engineer
Cole, Eric Kirkham (1901–1966), radio engineer
Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie (1860–1935), electrical engineer and film-maker
Drysdale, Charles Vickery (1874–1961), electrical engineer and social philosopher
Duddell, William Du Bois (1872–1917), electrical engineer
Eastwood, Sir Eric (1910–1981), physicist and electrical engineer
Eccles, Sir Josiah (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 Ferranti, 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
Flowers, 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
Hague, 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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