Scientist and engineer. Designed marine turbines.
Born 13 Connaught Place, Hyde Park into an aristocratic family. Died on board the liner The Duchess of Richmond, after taking ill in Jamaica.
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Sir Charles Parsons
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Parsons Library
1854 - 1931 This library is dedicated to Sir Charles Parsons, scientist and ...
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Commissioners of Sewers, Holborn and Finsbury Divisions
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George Furness
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