Person Whitworth; Sir; Joseph (1803 - 1887) Whitworth Joseph Sir 1803 - 1887 British Male Stockport, Lancashire, England 21 December 1803 Monte Carlo 22 January 1887 Burial: Darley churchyard, Derbyshire

The Firs, Manchester (1857); Stancliffe Hall, Derbyshire (1857)

Engineer Honours: Bt 1869 Fellow 11/06/1857 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1887 vol 42 pp ix-xi signed by J H References: Sir Harold Hartley, 'The Debt of Engineering to Fellows of the Royal Society' in NR 1961 vol 16 pp 136-140 F C Moon, 'Robert Willis and Franz Reuleaux: pioneers in the theory of machines' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 209-230 Notes: George Rennie's signature under 'From General Knowledge' has been crossed out International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 21 Dec 1803 - 22 Jan 1887 NA2851 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/32809196 6324ba75-a5e9-426a-9411-1ea5cc8d3fa9