White, William Henry, 1845-1913

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Epithet: KCB formerly Director of Naval Construction

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Epithet: KCB; President, Institution of Civil Engineers

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Born, Devonport, 1845; educated at the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Royal Naval College, 1870-1881; directed war-ship building of Armstrong & Co, Newcastle, 1883-1885; Director, Naval Construction and Assistant Controller, Royal Navy, 1885-1902; Consulting Naval Architect, Cunard SS Mauretania, 1904-1907; President, Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Marine Engineers; Chairman of the Council, Royal Society of Arts, 1909-1910; Master, Shipwrights Company of London; Governor, Imperial College, 1907-1913; died, 1913. Publications: include: A Manual of Naval Architecture. For the use of Officers of the Royal Navy, Ship-builders (J Murray, London, 1877); Lecture on the turning powers of ships from the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution (1882); Modern War-ships .

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Epithet: KCB 1895

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referencedIn Vol. XXXVII (ff. 302). Foliosize, Vol. ii. 1904-1908.includes:f. 1 William Henry Holland, 1st Baron Rotherham: Correspondence with Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman: 1904, 1907.f. 1 Sir John Tomlinson Brunner, 1st Baronet: Letters to Sir H. Campbell-Bann..., 1904-1908 British Library
referencedIn Henry Hobson Richardson additional drawings and papers, 1858-1886. Houghton Library
referencedIn Henry Hobson Richardson additional drawings and papers, 1858-1886. Houghton Library
referencedIn Vol. XVIII (ff. 259). April 1900-1905.COUNTY OF London: Correspondence and papers of J. Burns as L.C.C. representative for Battersea: 1889-1905.Trade Unions: Correspondence, speeches, etc., of J. Burns, M.P., rel.to: 1872-1905.includes:f. 1 George ... British Library
creatorOf ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 258). (1) Shipbuilding. ff. 4-10;-(2) Payments on schedule of prices, fines, etc. ff. 11-50;-(3) Fines. ff. 51-68;-(4) Contractors. ff. 69-193;-(5) Contracts. ff. 194-258. 20 May 1901-July 1903.William Waldeg... British Library
referencedIn Papers of Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss, ca. 1860-1969 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf WHITE, Sir William (1845-1913), 1907-1912 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
referencedIn Vol. CXIV (ff. 221). Apr. Nov. 1889.includes:ff. 1, 7 Reverend George Bainton, of Coventry: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1889. f. 3 Montagu Yeats Brown, Consul at Genoa: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1889. f. 5 Major -Gen. Sir Robert Murdoch Smith,... British Library
referencedIn Martha White Sick Photograph Collection, 1889-ca. 1960s University of Washington Libraries Special Collections
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Death 1913-02-27

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