Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti
From Graces Guide
Sebastian Z. de Ferranti
- 1864 Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti born 9th April at Bold Street, Liverpool
- 1881 Employed as an assistant to the Chief Research Engineer at Siemens in London
- 1882 Left Siemens. Ferranti, Thompson and Ince Ltd formed to manufacture alternators under licence from Sir William Thomson (Thomson - later Lord Kelvin - had independently developed a similar alternator to Ferranti's concept at the same time).
- 1883 Ferranti, Thompson and Ince Ltd wound up at the end of the year. Sebastian bought back his own patents and set up a company called S. Z. de Ferranti in partnership with C. P. Sparks and others.
- 1887 Engineer to the London Electric Supply Corporation company (LESCo). Designed and built the Deptford Generating Station, the world's first power station.
- 1891 Ferranti's contract was not renewed; Ferranti left LESCo
- 1896 S. Z. de Ferranti Limited set up Hollinwood factory in Oldham
- 1897 production began at Oldham
- 1905 Ferranti company established
- 1930 S.Z. de Ferranti died 13 January
See Also
- The Ferranti Collection. Abstract at the National Archives of papers in Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=422-199610_4&cid=-1#-1