Congreve, William, Sir, 1772-1828
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Name (Latin)
Congreve, William, Sir, 1772-1828
Other forms of name
Congreve, W. (William), Sir, 1772-1828
nnaa Congreve, William, Sir, bart., 1772-1828
Date of birth
1772-05-20
Date of death
1828-05-16
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His An analysis of the true principles of security against forgery, 1820:t.p. (Sir William Congreve, Bart.)
- LC data base, 6/27/88(hdg.: Congreve, William, Sir, bart., 1772-1828; usage: W. Congreve)
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Sir William Congreve, 2nd Bt
James Lonsdale, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet KCH FRS (20 May 1772 – 16 May 1828) was a British Army officer, Tory politician, publisher and inventor. A pioneer in the field of rocket artillery, he was renowned for his development and use of Congreve rockets during the Napoleonic Wars. His adaptation of Mysorean rocket technology from the Kingdom of Mysore represented a crucial development in the history of military rocketry, bridging Eastern innovation with Western industrial production and establishing rocket artillery as a practical weapon system that would influence military technology into the space age.
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