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Sir Joseph Whitworth, 1st Baronet (21 December 1803 – 22 January 1887) was an English engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist. [2] In 1841, he devised the British Standard Whitworth system, which created an accepted standard for screw threads . [ 3 ]
English: Photograph of a plaque on the memorial to Joseph Whitworth in the park in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, UK. Date: 3 August 2008: Source: Own work: Author: JMiall:
A Whitworth Scholar is the accolade given to those who have successfully completed a Whitworth Scholarship. It is rare on the basis that only a small number of scholarships are issued each year which has quite specific application conditions and a tough review process. A Whitworth Scholar is permitted to use the post-nominal letters, WhSch.
It was designed and built in 1850 by Edward Walters, who was also responsible for Manchester's Free Trade Hall. The building is named after English writer Alison Uttley. It was originally built for Sir Joseph Whitworth; the house was later the home of C. P. Scott, editor of the Manchester Guardian. It is surrounded by 5.5 acres (2.2 ha) of ...
Christie was a friend of the industrialist Sir Joseph Whitworth.By Whitworth's will, Christie was appointed one of three legatees, each of whom was left more than half a million pounds for their own use, ‘they being each of them aware of the objects’ to which these funds would have been put by Whitworth.
Jenny Joseph wasn’t a model. She wasn’t an actress. She had never posed professionally before or after. But, following one serendipitous shoot, the doe-eyed British woman became one of the ...
Whitworth was born on September 27, 1939, in Monahans, Texas, the youngest of three daughters of Morris Whitworth, a hardware store owner and later mayor in Jal, New Mexico, where she grew up. [2] [3] [4] She attended Odessa College. [5] Initially a tennis player, Whitworth began playing golf at 14.
FILE - Kathy Whitworth of San Antonio, blast out of sand trap on 18th green and then sinks a 6-foot putt to go into the lead of the Women Titleholders Golf Tournament at Augusta, Ga., Nov. 25, 1966.