William Fairbairn
Scottish civil engineer
Died when: 85 years 180 days (1025 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick Bt FRS (19 February 1789 – 18 August 1874) was a Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder.
In 1854 he succeeded George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson to become the third president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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