Frederick Bramwell

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name = Frederick Bramwell
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discipline = Civil, Mechanical
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Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell FRS (March 17 1818 - November 30 1903) was a British civil and mechanical engineer. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873cite web
url = http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=1&dsqSearch=(Surname=%27bramwell%27)
title = Bramwell; Sir; Frederick Joseph (1818 - 1903)
accessdate = 2008-09-22
author = The Royal Society
authorlink = Royal Society
date = 12 June 1873
work = Fellows
publisher = Royal Society
location = London
quote = Election Date: 12/06/1873
ref = RS] and served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers between December 1884 and May 1886 Citation | first = Garth | last = Watson| title = The Civils | publisher = London: Thomas Telford Ltd | page = 251 | year = 1988 | isbn = 0-727-70392-7 ] and the President, British Association in 1888. He was knighted in 1881 and created the Baronet Bramwell on 25 January 1889.

Bramwell trained as an engineer and studied steam propulsion. In 1843 he constructed a locomotive for the Stockton and Darlington Railway; set up his own business concentrating legal and consultative work (1853). He was the first engineer to practise as a technical advocate and later was adviser to the London water companies.

Family

He was the son of George Bramwell, partner in Dorrien and Co. Bankers, and the younger brother of Sir George William Wilshere Bramwell. He married on 29 March 1847, Harriet Leonara Frith (his cousin), daughter of Joseph Frith. There were three daughters to the marriage, ["1881 England census" Class: RG11; Piece: 22; Folio: 67; Page: 61; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341005.] with Eldred marrying the scientist, Sir Victor Horsley.

Bramwell died of a cerebral haemorrhage, 30 November 1903, in London, and was buried at Hever, Kent.

References

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years=December 1884 – May 1886 s-aft|after=Edward Woods s-bef|before= ? s-ttl|title=President of the British Association
years=1888 s-aft|after= ? end