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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:awarded
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gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1810-11-26
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Newcastle_upon_Tyne
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:St_Andrew's_Church,_Jesmond
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gptkbp:child
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none (no children)
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1900-12-27
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Cragside,_Northumberland
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Royal_Grammar_School,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne
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gptkbp:fellowOf
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gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:field
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civil engineering
mechanical engineering
artillery
hydraulics
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gptkbp:founded
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gptkb:Armstrong_Whitworth
gptkb:Elswick_Works
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:William_George_Armstrong
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gptkbp:honorificPrefix
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Sir
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sir William Armstrong
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Armstrong_gun
hydraulic machinery
Cragside (first house powered by hydroelectricity)
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gptkbp:legacy
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major figure in Victorian engineering
pioneered hydroelectric power in domestic use
significant contributions to artillery technology
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Cragside
gptkb:Armstrong_gun
hydraulic crane
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:engineer
gptkb:industrialist
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:scientist
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gptkbp:peerage
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gptkb:Baron_Armstrong_of_Cragside
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gptkbp:portrait
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gptkb:Hubert_von_Herkomer
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Jesmond_Dean
gptkb:Cragside
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gptkbp:signature
|
William Armstrong signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
|
gptkb:Margaret_Ramshaw
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gptkbp:title
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gptkb:1st_Baron_Armstrong
Duke of Wellington
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Scotswood,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne,_England
gptkb:Permanent_Secretary_for_the_Civil_Service
gptkb:Royal_Arsenal,_Woolwich
gptkb:Jesmond,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne,_England
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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