William Stanier
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William Stanier was a prominent British railway engineer best known for designing many of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway’s most successful steam locomotives in the 1930s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Stanier canonical | 15 |
| Sir William Stanier | 1 |
| William Arthur Stanier | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mechanical engineer
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person ⓘ railway engineer ⓘ |
| activeYears | late 19th century–mid 20th century ⓘ |
| appliedConcept | standardisation of locomotive components on LMS ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Knighthood ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1876-05-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Swindon
ⓘ
surface form:
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1965-09-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Rickmansworth
ⓘ
surface form:
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
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| designed |
LMS 8F Class
ⓘ
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 "Black Five" locomotives ⓘ
surface form:
LMS Black Five Class
LMS Jubilee Class ⓘ LMS Coronation Class ⓘ
surface form:
LMS Princess Coronation Class
LMS Princess Royal Class ⓘ LMS Turbomotive (experimental turbine locomotive) ⓘ |
| education | Swindon Works apprenticeship ⓘ |
| employer |
Great Western Railway
ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century engineering ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
railway mechanical engineering
ⓘ
steam locomotive engineering ⓘ |
| fullName |
William Stanier
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
William Arthur Stanier
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| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced | post-war British Railways Standard steam locomotive designs ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Great Western Railway standardisation practices ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing successful steam locomotives for the LMS in the 1930s
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modernising the locomotive fleet of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legacy | considered one of Britain’s leading steam locomotive designers ⓘ |
| memberOf | Institution of Mechanical Engineers ⓘ |
| name | William Stanier self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of LMS mixed-traffic locomotives
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introduction of taper boilers on LMS locomotives ⓘ |
| occupation |
locomotive designer
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railway engineer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ |
| startTime | 1932 ⓘ |
| workedAt | Swindon Works ⓘ |
| workedUnder | George Jackson Churchward ⓘ |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sir William Stanier
this entity surface form:
William Arthur Stanier
subject surface form:
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0