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Frederick Edwards CBE (1889-1966)
Academic and industrialist and pioneer of high vacuum technology. The company he founded, Edwards Vacuum, is now a multi-billion dollar global organisation. Frederick David Edwards was born in March 1889 in Dulwich, London, the son of William Edwards, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife...
Sir Harold Edgar Yarrow (1884-1962)
The son of Alfred Yarrow, founder of the great shipbuilding dynasty, he served an apprenticeship before joining the family company that built fast torpedo boats on the Thames at Poplar, becoming an expert in water-tube boilers. At the age of 22 he was sent to...
Sir John Wolfe Barry (1836-1918)
A prolific civil engineer and designer of bridges, docks and railways, his most famous project, designed in conjunction with City Architect Horace Jones, was Tower Bridge, built between 1886 and 1894. Its Gothic appearance disguises a contemporary steel and concrete structure. Wolfe Barry also played...
Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891)
The Great Stink of 1858 was a crisis for London’s sustainability as a city. As Chief Engineer of London’s Metropolitan Board of Works, Bazalgette’s biggest achievement was the installation of a system of separating sewage from water supply through a series of intercepting sewers. This...
Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
In 1660 Hooke discovered the law of elasticity which bears his name in the course of developing the balance spring for clocks and watches to enable them to keep accurate time. He also proposed the use of such a watch to aid navigation at sea....
Sir Robin Saxby FREng FRS (born 1947)
Electronic engineer who became the founding CEO and Chairman of Arm, a joint venture company between Acorn, Apple and VLSI Technology at the end of 1990. ARM listed on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ in April 1998. Arm subsequently became the most prolific microprocessor...
Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS
Mechanical engineer who became President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and whose pioneering work on reducing emissions in the aeronautics and industrial gas turbine industries has paved the way for quieter and more environmentally friendly aviation and power. In 2015 she was appointed to...
Sir John Parker GBE FREng (born 1942)
Naval Architect and Mechanical Engineer who became President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, following his extensive CEO career in Shipbuilding and Engineering, serving on the Boards of over 20 quoted Companies, including Chairing six FTSE100 plc’s, and Chairing the Court of the Bank of...
Dame Stephanie Shirley CH BSc FREng (1933-2025)
A stateless Kindertransport refugee child, Dame Stephanie was raised in the UK from the age of five and took British citizenship as soon as she was 18. As a software engineer, IT entrepreneur and venture philanthropist she built a hugely successful company then used her...
Ludwik Finkelstein OBE FREng (1929-2011)
Engineer, scientist and educationist who became a world authority on measurement and a founder of City University, London. City of London Connections Granted asylum by Britain at the end of the 2nd World War, Ludwik Finkelstein already had a London Matriculation Certificate gained overseas by...
David Kirkaldy (1820-1897)
Mechanical and materials engineer who established the world’s first independent commercial materials testing laboratory in Southwark, now open as a working museum, Kirkaldy’s Testing Works. City of London Connections Born in Dundee, Scotland to a merchant family and educated at the University of Edinburgh. Apprenticed...
Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-1898)
Engineer and inventor of the “Bessemer Process” for mass produced high quality steel, transforming industry and creating wealth for many. City of London Connections Sir Henry Bessemer was an Honorary Freeman of the City of London, and Murray Craig (Clerk to the Chamberlain’s Court) has...
John Rennie (1761-1821)
Rennie was born near East Linton, 20 miles east of Edinburgh. He played truant from school to watch Andrew Meikle, the local millwright and inventor of the threshing machine, and began to work there when he was 12, while continuing his education. He studied at the...
Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560-1631)
Civil, water and mining engineer who brought clean water to the City of London with the New River scheme, transforming the health and quality of life of London’s citizens. City of London Connections Myddelton was born in Denbigh, North Wales and moved to London in...
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