| Authorised form of name | Strutt; William (1756 - 1830); cotton spinner |
| Dates | 1756 - 1830 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Blackwell, near Alfreton |
| Date of birth | 20 July 1756 |
| Place of death | Derby |
| Date of death | 29 December 1830 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Unitarian Chapel, Friargate, Derby, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Cotton spinner |
| Activity | Education:
Educated by Mr Gregory of Findern, Mr Lowe of Norton and Mr Wilkinson of Nottingham.
Career:
Joined father's cotton spinning firm (1770); given freedom of Derby and made a burgess of the Borough (1779); inherited Strutt business with his brothers George and Josph, firm renamed W, G &J Strutt; invented a method of making large buildings fire resistant; devised a system of ventilating and warming large buildings, used successfully at the Derbyshire General Infirmary (1810); improved the construction of stoves; invented the Belper stove (1806); great friend of Erasmus Darwin with whom he founded the Derby Philosophical Society. |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 26/06/1817 |
| Age at election | 61 |
| Proposer | Peter Mark Roget |
| Richard Sharp |
| James Lawson |
| Marc Isambard Brunel |
| James Watt |
| Relationships | Parents: Jedediah (wheelwright, farmer and cotton spinner) and Elizabeth Strutt
Spouse: Barbara Evans
Children: Edward Strutt (FRS 1860) |
| OtherInfo | Credited with designing the first successful 'fireproof' mill, a six-storey building in Derby, began in 1792 and completed in 1793. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Mrs Mary Beaumont (descendant of William Strutt)
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1830-1831 No 7 p 84 |
| Code | NA3447 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1817/12 | Strutt, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/4/976 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt] | 12 December 1890 |
| NLB/10/785 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society | 5 February 1895 |
| NLB/10/296 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Kelvin [John William Strutt], Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 November 1894 |
| ACS/1/2/3/151 | Letter from [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton, to Rayleigh [John William Strutt] | 2 March 1928 |