Died 1931-02-11.
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Charles Algernon Parsons
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons was an Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884. His invention revolutionised marine propulsion, and he was also the founder of C. A. Parsons and Company, developing and building Turbinia (1894), the first steam turbine-powered steamship.
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business · Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor (1854–1931) · engineer · inventor · businessperson · also Charles Algernon Parsons, Charles A. Parsons, Sir Charles A. Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, Hon. Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, Parsons
Born 13 June 1854 · Died 11 February 1931 · Q150910
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1931· 2 entries
On board the Duchess of Richmond due to neuritis
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1929· 2 entries
Won Bessemer Gold Medal (1929).
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The Iron and Steel Institute awarded him the Bessemer Gold Medal
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1928· 1 entry
Won Copley Medal (1928).
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1927· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Merit (1927).
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1925· 1 entry
Charles Parsons acquired the Grubb Telescope Company and renamed it Grubb Parsons
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1923· 1 entry
Won Faraday Medal (1923).
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1920· 2 entries
Won Franklin Medal (1920).
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The Faraday Medal in 1923, and the Copley Medal in 1928 for his work, as well as the Engineering Heritage Awards posthumously in 1995
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1919· 1 entry
Katharine and her daughter Rachel co-founded the Women's Engineering Society with Eleanor Shelley-Rolls, Margaret, Lady Moir, Laura Annie Willson, Margaret Rowbotham and Janetta Mary Ornsby, which is still in existence t
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1918· 1 entry
Won Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1918).
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1911· 4 entries
Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1911).
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Won Albert Medal (1911).
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Became a member of the Order of Merit in 1927
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And he became a member of the Order of Merit in 1927
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1910· 1 entry
Career landmark: High Sheriff of Northumberland (1910–1911).
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1906· 1 entry
All of them driven by Parsons' turbine engines
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1904· 2 entries
Awarded Companion of the Order of the Bath (1904).
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Won Grashof Commemorative Medal (1904).
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1902· 2 entries
Won Rumford Medal (1902).
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Delivered their Bakerian Lecture in 1918, and received their Copley Medal in 1928
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1899· 1 entry
For a generating plant at Elberfeld in the German Empire
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1898· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1898).
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And he served as the president of the British Association between 1916 and 1919
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1894· 1 entry
Regained certain patent rights from Clarke Chapman
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1890· 1 entry
DisCo opened Forth Banks Power Station, the first power station in the world to generate electricity using turbo generators
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1884· 2 entries
Parsons moved to Clarke, Chapman and Co
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And immediately utilised the new engine to drive an electrical generator, which he also designed
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1883· 1 entry
Parsons married Katharine Bethell, the daughter of William F
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1854· 1 entry
Born 1854-06-13.
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