Horace Darwin

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British person engineer human industrialist

Horace Darwin was a British engineer and industrialist, co-founder of the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company and a leading figure in the development of precision scientific instruments in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
birthDate 1851-05-13 ⓘ
birthPlace Downe, Kent, England ⓘ
surface form: Down, Kent, England
burialPlace Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge ⓘ
coFounded Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1928-09-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
electedTo Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
era Edwardian era ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
familyName Darwin ⓘ
father Charles Darwin ⓘ
fieldOfWork precision engineering ⓘ
scientific instrument design ⓘ
givenName Horace ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
mother Emma Darwin ⓘ
name Horace Darwin self-link ⓘ
notableFor advancing the design of scientific instruments in the late 19th century ⓘ
leadership in the early 20th-century British scientific instrument industry ⓘ
notableRole leading figure in the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company ⓘ
notableWork development of precision scientific instruments ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
positionHeld Mayor of Cambridge ⓘ
director of Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company ⓘ
relative Charles Darwin ⓘ
Emma Darwin ⓘ
Francis Darwin ⓘ
George Howard Darwin ⓘ
surface form: George Darwin

Henrietta Litchfield ⓘ
Leonard Darwin ⓘ
residence Cambridge, England ⓘ
sibling Francis Darwin ⓘ
George Howard Darwin ⓘ
surface form: George Darwin

Henrietta Litchfield ⓘ
Leonard Darwin ⓘ
spouse Ida Darwin ⓘ
workLocation Cambridge, England ⓘ

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Emma Darwin → child → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Emma Wedgwood → child → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Charles Darwin → children → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Nora Barlow → father → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Darwin → hasNotableBearer → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Darwin family → hasNotableMember → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Horace Darwin → name → Horace Darwin self-link ⓘ
Nora Barlow → notableRelative → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Gwen Raverat → relative → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Anne Elizabeth Darwin → sibling → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Emily Catherine Darwin → sibling → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Francis Darwin → sibling → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Henrietta Emma Darwin → sibling → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Henrietta Litchfield → sibling → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Leonard Darwin → sibling → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Mary Eleanor Darwin → sibling → Horace Darwin ⓘ
William Erasmus Darwin → sibling → Horace Darwin ⓘ
Ida Darwin → spouse → Horace Darwin ⓘ