Famous Irish Inventors & Discoverers

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Charles Algernon Parsons

(Anglo-Irish Engineer Best Known for His Invention of the 'Compound Steam Turbine')

Birthdate: June 13, 1854

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: London, England

Died: February 11, 1931

Copley Medal-winning engineer Charles Algernon Parsons revolutionized marine transport with his invention of a multi-stage steam turbine. His other inventions include a mechanical reducing gear. Apart from being named a Fellow of the Royal Society, he was also knighted and awarded an Order of Merit for his contributions.

Richard Lovell Edgeworth

(Politician)

Birthdate: May 31, 1744

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Bath, England

Died: June 13, 1817

John Robert Gregg

(Educator)

Birthdate: June 17, 1867

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Rockcorry, Ireland

Died: February 23, 1948

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Robert Mallet

(Irish Geophysicist, Civil Engineer, and Inventor Known for His Research on Earthquakes)

Birthdate: June 3, 1810

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Died: November 5, 1881

Irish geophysicist Robert Mallet is remembered for his pathbreaking studies on earthquakes and is regarded as the father of seismology. Th Trinity alumnus initially worked at his father’s foundry and expanded it. His research on the 1857 Naples earthquake was crucial to developments in seismology, a term he is said to have coined.

William Reid Clanny

(Physician)

Birthdate: 1776 AD

Birthplace: Bangor, Northern Ireland

Died: January 10, 1850