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William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong

English inventor, scientist, engineer, industrialist (1810-1900)

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About William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong

William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong was an English engineer and industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing concern on Tyneside. He was also an eminent scientist, inventor and philanthropist. In collaboration with the architect Richard Norman Shaw, he built Cragside in Northumberland, the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity. He is regarded as the inventor of modern artillery.

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Occupation: engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, civil engineer
Position held: member of the House of Lords, president, High Sheriff of Northumberland
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: November 26, 1810
Died: December 27, 1900

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