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About Charles Algernon Parsons
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons was an Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884. His invention revolutionised marine propulsion, and he was also the founder of C. A. Parsons and Company, developing and building Turbinia (1894), the first steam turbine-powered steamship.
Everything about Charles Algernon Parsons →- Occupation
- engineer, inventor, businessperson
- Position held
- High Sheriff of Northumberland
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- June 13, 1854
- Died
- February 11, 1931