William Pole

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William Pole

Engineering

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Why Is William Pole Influential?

According to Wikipedia, William Pole was an English engineer, astronomer, musician and an authority on Whist. Life He was born in Birmingham on 22 April 1814, the son of Thomas Pole. Pole was apprenticed as an engineer to Charles H. Capper in Birmingham around 1828. He then went to India in 1844 as professor of engineering at Elphinstone College, Bombay, where he had organized a course of instruction for Indian students; his health obliged him to return to England in 1848. For the next ten years he worked in London under James Simpson and James Meadows Rendel, and was appointed in 1859 to the chair of civil engineering at University College, London. With official work from the government, he served on committees which considered the application of armour to ships and fortifications , and the comparative advantages of Whitworth and Armstrong guns .

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What Schools Are Affiliated With William Pole?

William Pole is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Oxford