Born at Barnwood Manor House, Barnwood, near Gloucester. Knighted 30 Jan. 1868. Died Paris. Inventor of things such as the English concertina and the stereoscope but best known for the Wheatstone bridge which measures electrical resistance. Also a major figure in the development of telegraphy. Through his 1847 marriage he was uncle to Arthur and Oliver Heaviside and influenced their careers in the direction of telegraphy.
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Sir Charles Wheatstone
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Charles Wheatstone
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Edward Jenner
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Mickie Most
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Captain Henry Penton, MP
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William Henry Hunt
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Sir Henry Irving
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