Ardaseer Cursetjee

Engineer, Deceased Person

1808 – 1877

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Who was Ardaseer Cursetjee?

Ardaseer Cursetjee FRS was an Indian shipbuilder and engineer.

He is noted for having been the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is also recorded as having introduced several novel technologies to the city of Bombay, including gas lighting, the sewing machine, steam pump-driven irrigation and electro-plating.

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Born
Oct 6, 1808
Mumbai
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Died
Nov 16, 1877
Richmond, London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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