biography
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Harland, Sir Edward James
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| lived:
| (1831–96)
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| biography:
| British shipbuilder. In 1858 he founded in Belfast the firm which became Harland and Wolff, in whose yard were built many famous Atlantic liners and warships. Gustav William Wolff (1834–1913), his partner from 1860, was born in Hamburg, but learned engineering at Liverpool and Manchester. |
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