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19th-century engineers

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Salvador de MadariagaAuthor · BooksSalvador de Madariaga y Rojo (23 July 1886 – 14 December 1978) was a Spanish "eminent liberal", diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature…
Samuel BakerAuthor · BooksSir Samuel White Baker (8 June 1821 – 30 December 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist.
Semyon Davidovich KirlianPhotographer · PhotographySemyon Davidovich Kirlian (20 February 1898 – 4 April 1978) was a Soviet inventor and researcher of Armenian descent, who along with his wife Valentina Khrisanfovna Kirlian (1904—1971), a…
Simon RodiaArtist · SculptureThe Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or Nuestro Pueblo ("our town" in Spanish) are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual…
Sir John Fowler, 1st BaronetDesigner · DesignSir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, KCMG, LLD, FRSE (15 July 1817 – 20 November 1898) was an English civil engineer specialising in the construction of railways and railway infrastructure.
Solomon Joseph SolomonIllustrator · IllustrationSolomon Joseph Solomon (16 September 1860 – 27 July 1927) was a British painter, a founding member of the New English Art Club and member of the Royal Academy.
Sven Gustaf WingqvistDesigner · Modern designSven Gustaf Wingqvist (10 December 1876 – 17 April 1953) was a Swedish engineer, inventor, and industrialist, and one of the founders of Svenska Kullagerfabriken (SKF), one of the world's…
Théophile SeyrigDesigner · DesignFrançois Gustave Théophile Seyrig (19 February 1843 – 5 July 1923) was a German-born French engineer, best known for designing bridges.
Thomas AndrewsDesigner · Modern designThomas Andrews Jr. (7 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was a British businessman and shipbuilder, who was managing director and head of the drafting department of the shipbuilding company…
Thomas BrasseyDesigner · DesignThomas Brassey (7 November 18058 December 1870) was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building much of the world's…
Thomas EdisonPerson · Film memorabiliaThomas Alva Edison (February11, 1847October18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman known for his work on the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, electric power distribution…
Thomas StevensonDesigner · Design
Ueno HikomaPhotographer · PhotographyUeno Hikoma (上野彦馬; October 15, 1838 – May 22, 1904) was a pioneer Japanese photographer, born in Nagasaki.
Uffa FoxDesigner · DesignIllustration — Albacore planing dinghy, designed and built by Fox
Vladimir ShukhovPhotographer · PhotographyVladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (– 2 February 1939) was a Russian and Soviet engineer-polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for…
Vyacheslav ShishkovAuthor · BooksIllustration — Shishkov in 1910s
Walter HohmannDesigner · DesignWalter Hohmann (German: [ˈhoːman]; 18 March 1880 – 11 March 1945) was a German engineer who made an important contribution to the understanding of orbital dynamics.
Walther RathenauAuthor · BooksWalther Rathenau (29 September 1867 – 24 June 1922) was a German industrialist, writer and politician who served as foreign minister of Germany from February 1922 until his assassination in…
Wilhelm EngerthDesigner · DesignWilhelm Freiherr von Engerth (26 May 1814 – 4 September 1884) was an Austrian architect and engineer, known for being the designer of the first practical mountain locomotive.
Wilhelm JordanAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilhelm Jordan (1 March 1842, Ellwangen, Württemberg – 17 April 1899, Hanover) was a German geodesist who conducted surveys in Germany and Africa and founded the German geodesy journal.
Willem Marinus DudokArtist · SilverWillem Marinus Dudok (6 July 1884 – 6 April 1974) was a famous Dutch modernist architect. He was born in Amsterdam.
William Harry EvansAuthor · Books
William Kennedy DicksonPerson · Film memorabiliaWilliam Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a British-American inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison.
William WardellDesigner · DesignWilliam Wilkinson Wardell (1823–1899) was a noted architect who practiced in the second half of the 19th century, and is best known for a series of landmark buildings in Australia in…
William WillcocksDesigner · DesignSir William Willcocks KCMG (27 September 1852 in India – 28 July 1932 in Cairo, Egypt) was a British civil engineer during the high point of the British Empire.
William YollandAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — William Yolland, the Royal Society commemorative portrait
Wim SchermerhornAuthor · Maps and atlasesWillem "Wim" Schermerhorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪ(lə)m ˈsxɛrmərˌɦɔr(ə)n]; 17 December 1894 – 10 March 1977) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 25…

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