Sir William George Armstrong

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_William_George_Armstrong
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Royal_Grammar_School,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1810-11-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Newcastle_upon_Tyne
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Jesmond_Old_Cemetery,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne
gptkbp:deathDate 1900-12-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cragside,_Northumberland
gptkbp:field civil engineering
mechanical engineering
armaments
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Armstrong_Whitworth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir William George Armstrong
gptkbp:knownFor hydraulic crane
development of artillery
Cragside (first house powered by hydroelectricity)
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Armstrong_gun
hydraulic machinery
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:industrialist
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:philanthropist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cragside
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Ramshaw
gptkbp:title gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
Duke of Wellington
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Arsenal,_Woolwich
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7