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Authorised form of nameBramwell; Sir; Frederick Joseph (1818 - 1903)
Dates1818 - 1903
NationalityBritish
Place of birthFinch Lane, Cornhill, London, England
Date of birth07 March 1818
Place of death1A Hyde Park Gate, London
Date of death30/11/1903
Dates and placesBurial:
Hever, Kent
OccupationCivil engineer
ActivityCareer:
Trained as an engineer and studied steam propulsion; constructed a locomotive for the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1843); set up his own business concentrating legal and consultative work (1853); the first engineer to practise as a technical advocate; President, British Association (1888); Adviser to the London water companies; died of a cerebral haemorrhage
Honours:
Kt 1881; Bt 1889
Memberships:
MICE
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/06/1873
RelationshipsSon of George Bramwell, partner in Dorrien and Co Bankers; younger brother of Sir George William Wilshere Bramwell (FRS 1882); married (29 March 1847) Harriet Leonara (his cousin), daughter of Joseph Frith; father-in-law of Sir Victor Horsley (FRS 1886)
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 27 August 1892
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/57397180
Royal Society codeNA6425
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
IM/000525Bramwell, Sir Frederick Joseph1889
EC/1873/07Bramwell, Sir Frederick Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/743/1/155Letter from Frederick Joseph Bramwell, 5 Great George Street, Westminster, to John Hall Gladstone, 17 Pembridge Square 19 October 1897
NLB/2/204Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Frederick Bramwell, Fellow of the Royal Society27 February 1888
NLB/4/163Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Frederwick Joseph Bramwell28 February 1890
NLB/4/1092Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell, Fellow of the Royal Society16 January 1891
NLB/4/1180Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Frederick Bramwell, 5 Great George Street, Westminster, S.W.6 February 1891
NLB/19/611Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Frederick Bramwell, Fellow of the Royal Society9 November 1899
MS/928/2/13Letter from Frederick Joseph Bramwell, 5 Great George Street, Westminster, to Charles Vernon Boys, 27 The Grove, Boltons 11 January 1900
IM/000524Bramwell, Sir Frederick Joseph1877
NLB/32/83Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons22 December 1905
IM/000008British Association Meeting in Newcastle1889
MC/9/576Letter from F J [Frederick Joseph] Bramwell, 37 Great George Street, Westminster, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society14 June 1873
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
MS/427/39Copy letter from [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Frederick Joseph] Bramwell Esq., FRS19 June 1880
MC/12Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1880-1883
MC/12/52Letter from F J [Frederick Joseph] Bramwell, 37 Great George Street, Westminster, to W [William] Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society, Burlington House3 June 1880
MC/14Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1885-1888
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
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