William Strutt
1756–1830
Cotton manufacturer and inventor. Architect of fireproof buildings, engineer of water power and transmission, of textile machinery, and of heating. Designed the Derby Infirmary’s heating and ventilation system. Founder member of the Derby Philosophical Society; president, 1802. FRS 1817.
Source
ODNB s.v. Strutt, Jedediah
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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