Sir William Cubitt

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:engineer
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1785-10-09
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dilham,_Norfolk,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:West_Norwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:child gptkb:Joseph_Cubitt
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Great_Exhibition_1851
gptkbp:deathDate 1861-10-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:designedBy prison treadmill
various railway lines in England
gptkbp:education apprenticeship with his father
gptkbp:engineeredFor gptkb:Great_Northern_Railway
gptkb:London_and_Blackwall_Railway
gptkb:South_Eastern_Railway
gptkb:St_Katharine_Docks
gptkb:Birmingham_and_Liverpool_Junction_Canal
gptkb:Black_Sluice_Drainage
gptkb:Bristol_Floating_Harbour
gptkb:Crystal_Palace_(consultant)
gptkb:Menai_Suspension_Bridge_(consultant)
gptkbp:father gptkb:Joseph_Cubitt
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir William Cubitt
gptkbp:knighted 1851
gptkbp:knownFor invention of the prison treadmill
work on bridges
work on canals
work on docks
work on railways
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Institution_of_Civil_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork bridge engineering
railway engineering
canal engineering
consultant for Crystal Palace
consultant for Menai Suspension Bridge
dock engineering
drainage works
prison treadmill
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkbp:president gptkb:Institution_of_Mechanical_Engineers
gptkb:Institution_of_Civil_Engineers
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Jane_Tuke
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:West_Norwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5