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gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:King's_College_London
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gptkbp:awarded
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Knighthood (1899)
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1834-02-15
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Caernarfon,_Wales
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gptkbp:children
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2
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gptkbp:collaboratedWith
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gptkb:Guglielmo_Marconi
gptkb:Oliver_Lodge
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1913-11-06
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Savoy_Hotel,_London,_England
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:King's_College_London
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:General_Post_Office
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gptkbp:field
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electrical engineering
physics
telecommunications
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gptkbp:honor
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gptkb:order_of_merit
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sir William Henry Preece
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gptkbp:influenced
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development of British telephone system
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gptkbp:knownFor
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wireless telegraphy
work on telegraphy
work on telephony
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Institution_of_Civil_Engineers
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Institution_of_Electrical_Engineers
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:notableStudent
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gptkb:Oliver_Lodge
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gptkbp:notableWork
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development of British telegraph system
introduction of telephone to UK
wireless telegraphy experiments
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
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gptkbp:patent
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improvements in telegraphy
improvements in telephony
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gptkbp:position
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gptkb:Engineer-in-Chief_of_the_General_Post_Office
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:Telegraphy_(book)
gptkb:The_Telephone_(book)
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Highgate_Cemetery,_London
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gptkbp:signature
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William Henry Preece signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Elizabeth_Mary_Thomas
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gptkbp:title
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Sir
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Institution_of_Electrical_Engineers
gptkb:St_Marylebone_Cemetery
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6
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