William Nelson Hutchinson
1803–95
Army officer and inventor. Joined the army in 1820 and rose steadily through the ranks. Colonel in the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding regiment, 1863–95. Patented inventions relating to the steering of balloons and to steam engines. Author of a book on dog-breaking (1848).
Source
Modern English biography.
Bibliography
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
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