William Henry Preece
1834–1913
Electrical engineer and administrator. Educated at King’s College, London. Superintendent, Electric Telegraph Company, from 1856. Worked on the Post Office telegraph system from 1870; electrician to the Post Office from 1877; engineer-in-chief, 1892–9. Published and lectured widely on telegraphy. Knighted, 1899. FRS 1881.
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ODNB
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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