Frederick Winsor, German-born British inventor

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Frederick Winsor was a German-born British inventor best known for pioneering the commercial use of gas lighting in the early 19th century.


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instanceOf German-born British inventor
inventor
person
birthName Friedrich Albrecht Winzer
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship Germany
United Kingdom
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1763
dateOfDeath 1830
era Industrial Revolution
familyName Winsor
fieldOfWork gas engineering
gas lighting
givenName Frederick
influenced development of urban gas lighting systems
formation of commercial gas companies in Britain
knownFor early demonstrations of coal-gas lighting
introducing gas street lighting to London
migration emigrated from Germany to Britain
name Frederick Winsor
nationality British
German
nativeLanguage German
notableFor founding role in early gas companies in Britain
pioneering the commercial use of gas lighting
promotion of gas lighting in London
occupation engineer
inventor
placeOfBirth Brunswick
Duchy of Brunswick NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Paris
residence London
usedLanguage English
German
workedOn commercialization of coal-gas for illumination

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