Charles Algernon Parsons
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 94 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 13,1854 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | February 11,1931 |
| Died | Kingston Harbour |
| Jamaica | |
| Children | Rachel Mary Parsons |
| Algernon George Parsons | |
| Job | Engineer |
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| Education | St John's College, Cambridge |
| University of Cambridge | |
| Trinity College Dublin | |
| Books | Scientific Papers and Addresses of the Hon. Sir Charles A. Parsons: With a Memoir by Lord Rayleigh and Appendices |
| Engine Tests and Boiler Efficiencies | |
| First Parsons International Turbine Conference: Papers Presented at a Conference Jointly Sponsored by the University of Dublin ... [et Al.] and Held at the University of Dublin on 28/29 June 1984 | |
| The Steam Turbine, the Rede Lecture 1911 | |
| The Steam Turbine, the Rede Lecture 1911 - Scholar's Choice Edition | |
| Awards | Copley Medal |
| Rumford Medal | |
| Franklin Medal | |
| IET Faraday Medal | |
| Albert Medal | |
| Royal Society Bakerian Medal | |
| Current partner | Katharine Parsons |
| Parents | William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse |
| Mary Rosse | |
| Known for | Steam turbine |
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| ID | 554665 |
Charles Algernon Parsons Life story
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, OM, KCB, FRS was an Anglo-Irish engineer, best known for his invention of the compound steam turbine, and as the eponym of C. A. Parsons and Company.