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Authorised form of nameFerranti; Sebastian Ziani de (1864 - 1930)
Other forms of nameSebastian Ziani
Other forms of surnameDe Ferranti
Dates1864 - 1930
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLiverpool, Lancashire, England
Date of birth09 April 1864
Place of deathZurich, Switzerland
Date of death13/01/1930
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Hampstead, London
OccupationElectrical engineer
ActivityEducation:
Hon DSc (Manch)
Memberships:
MIEE
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/05/1927
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1930 vol 127 pp xix-xxi, plate, signed by W H E
References:
S Z de Ferranti, 'Pioneer of Electric Power Transmission: An Account of Some of the Early Work of Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, DSc, FRS (1864-1930)' in NR 1964 vol 19 pp 33-41, plate
CodeNA2419
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1927/07Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/70/620Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Sebastian Ziani] de Ferranti, FRS9 June 1927
NLB/72/697Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Mrs Ferranti7 March 1930
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