John Perry (engineer)
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John Perry (1850-1920) pioneering engineer from Ireland.
He was born on February 14 1850 at Garvagh, County Londonderry, the second son of Samuel Perry and a Scottish-born wife.
He worked as Lord Kelvin's assistant at the University of Glasgow, and later became professor of mechanical engineering at Finsbury Technical College.
Perry was a colleague of William Edward Ayrton and John Milne at the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo, 1875-79. He was also made a Fellow of the Royal Society.
[edit] References
- Entry by Graeme Gooday in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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