Acosta, Bertrand Blanchard
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 1347 words.
Acosta, Bertrand Blanchard (01 January 1895–01 September 1954), aviation pioneer, was born in San Diego, California, the son of Aphonse Ferdinand Acosta and Martha Blanche Snook,...
Acworth, Sir Jacob (c. 1668–1749), shipbuilder
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 929 words.
Acworth, Sir Jacob (c. 1668–1749), shipbuilder, about whom details of parentage and early life are unknown, began his apprenticeship as a carpenter about 1682. He was probably a relative of...
Acworth, Sir William Mitchell (1850–1925), railway economist
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Economics. 965 words.
Acworth, Sir William Mitchell (1850–1925), railway economist, was born at Rothley, Leicestershire, on 22 November 1850, the third son of the Revd William Acworth, vicar of Rothley, and his...
Adams, Charles Francis
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Education; History; Politics; Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 1393 words.
Adams, Charles Francis (27 May 1835–20 March 1915), railroad official, civic leader, and historian, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Charles Francis Adams (1807–1886), a...
Adams, Gladstone (1880–1966), motorist and inventor of a windscreen wiper
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Engineering and Technology; Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 563 words.
Adams, Gladstone (1880–1966), motorist and inventor of a windscreen wiper, was born on 16 May 1880 at 4 St Ann's Row, Newcastle upon Tyne, son of John Adams, metal merchant, and his wife,...
Adams, Henry (1713–1805), shipbuilder
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 667 words.
Adams, Henry (1713–1805), shipbuilder, was born in Deptford, the son of Anthony Adams, a shipwright at the town's royal dockyard. In 1726 he began his apprenticeship to Benjamin Slade, the...
Adams, Richard Borlase
in Who Was Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Business Finance. 100 words.
CBE 1983
Born 9 Sept. 1921; s of James Elwin Cokayne Adams and Susan Mercer Porter; m 1951, Susan Elizabeth Lambert; two s one d; died 8 Nov. 2009
Managing...
Adams, William Bridges (1797–1872), railway engineer
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Mechanical Engineering and Materials; Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 659 words.
Adams, William Bridges (1797–1872), railway engineer, was born in Westminster, London, on 26 May 1797, the son of William Adams, a coach builder, and his wife, Ann. He showed an early...
Addy, Mark Anthony (1840–1890), boatman and life-saver
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
P ublished online May 2010 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Social and Cultural History; Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 1085 words.
Addy, Mark Anthony (1840–1890), boatman and life-saver, was born at 2 Stage Buildings, The Parsonage, Manchester, on 13 April 1840, the sixth of eight children of Mark Addy (1801–1865), a...
Agnelli, Dr Giovanni
in Who Was Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 149 words.
Born Turin, Italy, 12 March 1921; s of Edoardo Agnelli, and g s of Giovanni Agnelli, founder of Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (FIAT); m 1953...
Aickman, Robert Fordyce (1914–1981), writer and campaigner for inland waterways
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Literature. 917 words.
Aickman, Robert Fordyce (1914–1981), writer and campaigner for inland waterways, was born on 27 June 1914 at 77 Fellows Road, Hampstead, London, the only child of William Arthur Aickman (d....
Albone, Daniel [Dan] (1860–1906), cycle and motor tractor manufacturer
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
P ublished online May 2013 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Manufacturing; History of Manufacturing and Construction. 1077 words.
Albone, Daniel [Dan] (1860–1906), cycle and motor tractor manufacturer, was born at the Ongley Arms inn, Shortmead Street, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, on 12 September 1860, the fourth son...
Alcock, Captain Sir John William
in Who Was Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 64 words.
KBE 1919; DSO 1919; DSC 1917
Born 6 Nov. 1892; e s of John and Mary Alcock, Manchester; died 18 Dec. 1919
late RAF
Alcock, Sir John William (1892–1919), aviator
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 2007 words.
Alcock, Sir John William (1892–1919), aviator, was born at Basford House Cottage, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester, on 6 November 1892, the eldest son of John Alcock, a domestic...
Aldersey, Laurence (1546–1597/8), sea captain
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; World History; Travel and Holiday. 737 words.
Aldersey, Laurence (1546–1597/8), sea captain, was born at Aldersey Hall, Spurstow, Cheshire, the son of Thomas Aldersey (d. 1557), sheriff of Chester in 1539 and mayor in 1549, and his...
Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: US Politics; Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 2283 words.
Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth (06 November 1841–16 April 1915), U.S. senator, congressman, and businessman, was born in Foster, Rhode Island, the son of Anan Aldrich and Abby Burgess, farmers....
Alexander, Edward Porter
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Military History; Land Forces and Warfare; Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Biographical Studies. 1305 words.
Alexander, Edward Porter (26 May 1835–28 April 1910), Confederate soldier and author, was born in Washington, Georgia, the son of Adam Leopold Alexander, a planter and banker, and Sarah...
Alexander, Sir Charles Gundry
in Who Was Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Genealogy, Heraldry, Names, and Honours; Military History; Warfare and Defence. 183 words.
2nd Bt cr 1945; MA, AIMarE
Born 5 May 1923; s of Sir Frank Alexander, 1st Bt, and Elsa Mary (d 1959), d...
Alexander, Walter (1879–1959), bus operator
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 616 words.
Alexander, Walter (1879–1959), bus operator, was born on 2 May 1879 at Bonnybridge, Falkirk, son of Robert Alexander, a carter, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Stirling. In 1902 the family...
Alexander, Walter (1902–1979)
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 3 words.
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