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Sir Joseph Whitworth 1st Baronet (21 December 1803 – 22 January 1887) was an English engineer entrepreneur inventor and philanthropist. In 1841 he devised the British Standard Whitworth system which created an accepted standard for screw threads.

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birth date
1803-12-21
birth place
Stockport
death date
1887-01-22
death place
Monte Carlo
depiction description (caption)
Sir Joseph Whitworth
institution
Royal Society, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

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