William Henry Preece | |
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William Henry Preece | |
Born | 15 February 1834 Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales |
Died | 6 November 1913(1913-11-06) (aged 79) |
Education | King's College London |
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Civil, Electrical, |
Institutions | British Association for the Advancement of Science (president, Section G), Institution of Civil Engineers (president), Institution of Electrical Engineers (president), Society of Telegraph Engineers (president) |
Sir William Henry Preece KCB FRS (15 February 1834 – 6 November 1913) was a Welsh electrical engineer and inventor. Preece relied on experiments and physical reasoning in his life's work. Upon his retirement from the Post Office in 1899, Preece was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1899 Birthday Honours. That same year, he was elected an International Member of the American Philosophical Society.