George Stephenson
Published on 1. September 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
48 pages
978-0-7478-0605-9 (ISBN)
Description
George Stephenson is among the most famous engineers of all time. His rise from 'rags to riches' is a stirring story of its kind. But much of the work of innovative engineers for his period lay not in the work itself but in persuading people that such work was desirable and necessary. It was in this field that George Stephenson excelled, providing openings in which his proteges could change the world. They did not let him down, and we should give him full credit for being 'The Father of the Railways'.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 149 mm
Weight
134 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7478-0605-9 (9780747806059)
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Adrian Jarvis was for many years Curator of Port History at Merseyside Maritime Museum, where he specialised in the history of port planning, engineering and management, on which he published four books and edited several collections. Since retirement he has worked at the University of Liverpool, where he is Honorary Fellow in History, researching into the merchant community of late nineteenth-century Liverpool.