William Fairbairn
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Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick was a Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder. In 1854 he succeeded George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson to become the third president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.