# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-armstrong-1st-baron-armstrong
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:35:51.150Z

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name: "William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong"
slug: "william-armstrong-1st-baron-armstrong"
description: "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."
tagline: "English inventor, scientist, engineer, industrialist (1810-1900)"
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category:
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birthDate: "1810-11-26"
deathDate: "1900-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump