William Henry Maw (6 December 1838 – 19 March 1924) was a British civil engineer and astronomer. Born into a seafaring family and orphaned at age 16 Maw was taken into the workshops of the Eastern Counties Railway as an assistant before progressing to the design office as a draughtsman. He was made the head of the office and designed the first outside cylinder locomotive for use in India. In 1865 he founded the journal Engineering and remained an editor for the rest of his life.
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birth date
1838-12-06
birth place
Scarborough North Yorkshire
death date
1924-03-19
depiction description (caption)
A caricature of Maw by Harry Furniss
discipline
Civil engineering
education
Mechanics' Institutes
institution
Institution of Civil Engineers, British Astronomical Association, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Civil_and_Mechanical_Engineers'_Society
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