'Hubert Cecil Booth' was born in
Gloucester,
England on the 4th of July 1871 and died at
Purley,
Surrey,
England on the 18th of January 1955. He was an
English engineer who invented the first powered
vacuum cleaner, designed
Giant Wheels in
Blackpool,
Paris, and
Vienna and designed
suspension bridges.
Education
Between 1884 and 1889 he was educated at
Gloucester College and
Gloucester County School under headmaster Reverend H. Lloyed Brereton. In 1889 he entered the
Central Technical College,
City and Guild,
London after passing the entrance exam. He completed a three year course in
civil engineering and
mechanical engineering under Professor W.C. Unwin FRS. He completed the Diploma of Associateship (ACGI, coming second in the engineering department. He became a student of the
Institute of Civil Engineers.
Personal life
He married one of the daughters of Francis Tring Pearce, director of the
Priday, Metford and Company Limited.
Booth was a friend of
Hugh Pembroke Vowles.
Early career
In December 1892 he entered the drawing office of Messrs
Maudslay Sons & Field,
Lambeth, London under Mr Charles Sells.
He worked on the design of two
Royal Navy battleships.
Great Wheels
The first vacuum cleaner
Bridges
Other Achievements
References
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