Sir William Henry Preece (15 February 1834 – 6 November 1913) was a Welsh electrical engineer and inventor. Preece relied on experiments and physical reasoning in his life’s work. Upon his retirement from the Post Office in 1899 Preece was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).
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birth date
1834-02-15
birth place
Caernarfon, Gwynedd
death date
1913-11-06
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William Henry Preece
discipline
Civil engineering, Electrical engineering
education
King's College London
institution
Institution of Electrical Engineers, British Science Association, Institution of Civil Engineers
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