Person Newall; Robert Stirling (1812 - 1889); engineer and astronomer Newall Robert Stirling engineer and astronomer 1812 - 1889 British Male Dundee, Angus, Scotland 27 May 1812 18120527 Ferndene, near Gateshead, County Durham, England 21 April 1889 18890421

Ferndene, Gateshead, England (1871)

Mechanical engineer Mechanical engineering Engineering Astronomy Career: Worked in a mercantile office, Dundee; went to London and studied the rapid generation of steam; took out a patent for wire ropes (1840); laid submarine telegraphic cables; invented the brake-drum and cone for deep-sea cable-laying (1853); improved telescopes. Memberships: FRAS (1864); North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers; MIMechE Awards/Medals: Rose of Brazil 1872 Parents: Walter Newall, merchant, and Janet Hair Spouse: Mary, youngest daughter of Hugh Lee Pattinson (FRS 1852), (14 February 1849) Known for the submarine telegraph cable. Fellow 03/06/1875 63 Warington Wilkinson Smyth; Edward William Cooke; Balfour Stewart; Archibald Geikie; Joseph Norman Lockyer; Thomas Sopwith; Robert Hunt; Henry Baker Tristram William Henry Leighton Russell; George Biddell Airy; John Couch; William Huggins; Williamm Lassell; Warren De La Rue; Charles Pritchard; Isaac Fletcher; Alexander Strange; Charles Vincent Walker; Thomas Webster Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1889 vol 46 pp xxxiii-xxxv signed by J N L Notes: E W Cooke has signed election certificate twice 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 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1944.0018 27 May 1812 - 21 Apr 1889 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 08/08/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5504 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/24069602 d97b9f05-efe1-479b-82fb-98b34d641037