biography
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Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell
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| male
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| lived:
| (1845–1940)
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| biography:
| Engineer, born near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, N England, UK. After army service in India, he became involved in the generation and distribution of electricity for lighting, on which he became an international authority. He strongly supported standardization in industry, and was involved in the establishment of the National Physical Laboratory and in what is now the British Standards Institution. |
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