biography
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Preece, Sir William Henry
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| male
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| lived:
| (1834–1913)
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| biography:
| Electrical engineer, born in Bryn Helen, Gwynedd, NW Wales, UK. He studied at the Royal Institution, London, and was attached to the Post Office (1870), where he became engineer-in-chief and finally consulting engineer. A pioneer of wireless telegraphy and telephony, he also improved the system of railway signalling, and introduced the first telephones to Great Britain. |
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