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R. E. B. Crompton. Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton, CB, FRS [1] (31 May 1845 – 15 February 1940) was an English electrical engineer, industrialist and inventor. He was a pioneer of electric lighting and public electricity supply systems.
Not many are aware of the considerable contribution the Englishman Colonel REB Crompton made in modernising India. He was so influential in his field that he was invited to help the Government of India draft their first piece of legislation governing the generation of electricity.
Biographical information on Colonel R E B Crompton, pioneer in the electrical industry in the late nineteenth and twentieth century. Twice President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and Faraday Medallist, Colonel R E B Crompton was a truly remarkable character.
Jun 1, 2014 · Col. R E B Crompton was not only one of the pioneers of the GB electrical power/distribution industry who founded the innovative company bearing his name but also a distinguished mechanical engineer with a particular influence on heavy road vehicles and the development of tanks in the First World War. A prolific patentee, he had an outstanding ...
Colonel R. E. B. Crompton died on 15 February at ninety four years of age. He was one of the greatest pioneers both in mechanical road traction and in electrical engineering. Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton was born at Sion Hill, Yorkshire, on 31 May 1845.
CROMPTON, Colonel R. E. B. (1845-1940) Plaque erected in 2000 by English Heritage at 48 Kensington Court, Kensington, London, W8 5DB, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Engineering and Transport, Industry and Invention.
Colonel R E B Crompton, 1845-1940. Rookes Crompton was born at Sion Hill, near Thirsk in Yorkshire, on 31stMay, 1845. He was one of five children. He went to school at Sharow, near Ripon.
WE deeply regret to record the death on February 15 at ninety-four years of age of Colonel R. E. B. Crompton. He was one of the greatest pioneers both in mechanical road traction and in...
Col. R E B Crompton. by David Cousins. Col. Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton was a Victorian pioneer - an inventor, innovator, and entrepreneur with a keen interest in the military, electrical and mechanical engineering in the early days of electrical engineering.
Aug 24, 2022 · Born near Thirsk, Yorkshire in 1845, R.E.B Crompton founded Crompton & Co. He is referred to as the frontiersperson of electric lighting and public electricity supply systems . His company Crompton & Co. was one of the world's first large-scale manufacturers of electrical equipment.
