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William Fairbairn

Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder · Scientists · Lived 1789 to 1874 · aged 85

Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick was a Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder. In 1854 he succeeded George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson to become the third president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

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Royal Medal1860
Royal Society Bakerian Medal1860
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1789 to 1874 · aged 85