Memorial at Brompton Cemetery, London commemorating Bennet Woodcroft d. 1879
Location
Brompton Cemetery, London, England
Transcript
‘IN MEMORY OF / BENNET WOODCROFT, F.R.S. / AND CHIEF OF HER MAJESTY’S PATENT OFFICE / BORN 20TH DECR 1803 DIED 7TH FEBY 1873 / HE WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE INCREASING AND VARYING / PITCH SCREW PROPELLERS / ALSO OF THE IMPROVED … LOOMS / THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL WORKS AND FOUNDER / OF THE PATENT OFFICE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM / ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW / AGNES BERTHA WOODCROFT / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / BORN 17TH SEPTEMBER 1833 DIED 10TH MARCH 1903.’
Details
Description: Headstone with grave cover and railings.
Type: Gravestone
Type: Gravestone
People
Woodcroft, Bennet
Age:
Date of Death: 1879
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Professor of Machinery
Organisation: University College London
Age:
Date of Death: 1879
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Professor of Machinery
Organisation: University College London
Extra
Notes: Inventor of screw propeller for steamships, 1832.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham 1981) p. 86.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham 1981) p. 86.