Sir William Henry White (2 February 1845 – 27 February 1913) was a prolific British warship designer and Chief Constructor at the Admiralty.He was born in Devonport and became an apprentice at the naval dockyard there in 1859. In 1863 he obtained a scholarship to enter the newly formed Royal School of Naval Architecture in South Kensington in London.
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birth date
1845-02-02
birth place
Devon, Plymouth
death date
1913-02-27
death place
London
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Sir William Henry White
discipline
Civil engineering, Naval architecture
education
Royal School of Naval Architecture
institution
Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology, Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
nationality
England
significant project
King Edward VII-class battleship, Royal Sovereign-class battleship, Yacht, RMS Mauretania (1906)
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