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Authorised form of nameWhite; Sir; William Henry (1845 - 1913); naval architect
Dates1845 - 1913
NationalityBritish
Place of birthDevonport, Devon, England
Date of birth02 February 1845
Place of deathWestminster Hospital, Westminster, London, England
Date of death27/02/1913
Occupationnaval architect
Research fieldEngineering
Naval architecture
ActivityEducation:
Private school, Devonport; Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at South Kensington (1864-1867)
Career:
Apprentice at the Dockyard, Devenport; joined the Admiralty; Confidential Assistant to Sir Edward James Reed (FRS 1876); Secretary to the Council of Construction, the Admiralty (1872); Assistant Constructor (1875); Chief Constructor (1881); left the Admiralty (1883); organized a department for constructing large battleships at the Armstrong works, Elswick; returned to the Admiralty (1885-1902); Assistant Controller and Director of Naval Construction; died suddenly from a paralytic seizure (1913).
Honours:
KCB 1895
Memberships:
Institution of Civil Engineers
Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Institution of Marine Engineers
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1888
Age at election43
ProposerWilliam James Lloyd Wharton
John Percy
Douglas Galton
James Dewar
Frederick Augustus Abel
Andrew Noble
William George Armstrong
James Thomas Walker
William Odling
James Joseph Sylvester
RelationshipsParents: Richard White, a currier, of Devonport, and Jane, daughter of W. Matthews, of Lostwithiel, Cornwall.
Spouse: 1) (1875) Alice (d. 1886), daughter of F. Martin, of Pembroke, chief constructor, RN 2) (1890) Annie (who survived him), daughter of F. C. Marshall JP, of Tynemouth.
Children: Three sons and one daughter.
PublishedWorksRCN R67740
RCN R67741
OtherInfoResponsible for the construction of more than 200 ships
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1913-1914 vol 89 pp xiv-xix signed by P W
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/42618743
CodeNA6967
Archives associated with this Fellow
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MM/12/116Letter from Charles Pritchard to William White12 June 1880
IM/Maull/004872White, Sir William Henrynd
NLB/5/1043Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Henry White, Admiralty, Fellow of the Royal Society18 December 1891
NLB/10/598Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Harrison & Sons[January 1895]
NLB/19/79Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons14 June 1899
NLB/30/831Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William Henry White, Fellow of the Royal Society29 May 1905
NLB/32/7Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William Henry White, Fellow of the Royal Society, 8 Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W.12 December 1905
NLB/35/549Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William White, Fellow of the Royal Society12 June 1907
NLB/35/576Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William White, Fellow of the Royal Society14 June 1907
NLB/39/459Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir William [Henry] White, KCB, Fellow of the Royal Society23 January 1909
NLB/39/454Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir W [William Henry] White, KCB, Fellow of the Royal Society25 January 1909
NLB/41/415Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William White, Fellow of the Royal Society10 December 1909
MC/24/209Letter from [William Henry] White, Cedarcroft, Putney Heath, SW, to Robert Harrison, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society26 January 1909
NLB/43/588Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William Henry White, Fellow of the Royal Society17 February 1911
NLB/43/678Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William Henry White, Fellow of the Royal Society8 March 1911
NLB/46/302Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William White, Fellow of the Royal Society9 July 1912
EC/1888/25White, Sir William Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/14/332Letter from [William Henry] White, The Admiralty, Whitehall, to [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society11 June 1888
MC/14Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1885-1888
MC/24/210Letter from [William Henry] White, Cedarcroft, Putney Heath, SW, to [Robert] Harrison, Assistant Secretary, Royal Society25 October 1909
NLB/35/472Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir William White, Fellow of the Royal Society4 June 1907
MC/22/514Letter from William H White, Cedarcroft, Putney Heath, to Robert [William Frederick] Harrison3 June 1907
MC/22Volume 22 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1907
ACS/1/1/426Letter from [William Henry] White, Cedarcroft, Putney Heath, S. W., to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton4 October 1910
ACS/1/1/425Letter from [William Henry] White, 8 Victoria Street, Westminster, S. W., to [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton [Esquire]31 March 1910
ACS/1/1/428Letter from [William Henry] White, Goldsmiths' Hall, London, E. C., to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton12 July 1911
ACS/1/1/427Letter from [William Henry] White, Cedarcroft, Putney Heath, S. W., to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton [Esquire]12 December 1910
ACS/1/1/423Letter from [William Henry] White, Admiralty, S. W., to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton13 May 1901
ACS/1/1/422Letter from [William Henry] White, Admiralty, S. W., to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton22 May 1896
ACS/1/1/424Letter from [William Henry] White, Cedarcroft, Putney Heath, S. W., to [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton26 December 1906
ACS/1/1/421Letter from [William Henry] White, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Mr [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton11 August 1889
ACS/6/1/55Group and individual portraits taken by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton1909-1914
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