Francis Pettit Smith
Inventor
1808 – 1874
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Who was Francis Pettit Smith?
Sir Francis Pettit Smith was an English inventor and, along with John Ericsson, one of the inventors of the screw propeller. He was also the driving force behind the construction of the world's first screw-propelled steamship, SS Archimedes.
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- Born
- Feb 9, 1808
Hythe - Parents
- Spouses
- Ann Smith
(1830 - ) - Susannah Smith
(1866 - )
- Ann Smith
- Ethnicity
- English people
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Lived in
- Hendon
- Died
- Feb 12, 1874
South Kensington - Resting place
- Brompton Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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