William Fairbairn
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Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Kelso
- Place of death
- Compton
- Occupation
- inventor
- Position held
- president
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Noble title
- baronet
- Field of work
- naval architecture
- Image
- Fairbairn William.jpg
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- Commons category
- William Fairbairn
- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- date of birth
- 1789-02-19
- date of death
- 1874-08-18
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- P12749
- Amphibolidae
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