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'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.
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.
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.
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.
| Contents |
| Education |
| Personal life |
| Early career |
| Great Wheels |
| The first vacuum cleaner |
| Bridges |
| Other Achievements |
| References |
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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