Sir Joseph Whitworth FRS 1st Baronet
(1803-1887)
innovator, inventor, engineer, pioneer of mechanical engineering, establisher of the British Standard Whitworth screw thread, President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1856-1857), Fellow of the Royal Society (from 1857), President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1865-1866), and 1st Baronet Whitworth of The Firs (from 1869)
Commemorated on 2 plaques
Sir Joseph Whitworth 1803-1887 Engineer, Inventor and Innovator Established the British Standard Whitworth screw thread Served his apprenticeship here
Amber Mill, Oakerthorpe, United Kingdom where they attended school
Sir Joseph Whitworth 1803-1887 Pioneer of Mechanical Engineering whose work on the standardisation of screw threads and precision machine tools have helped pave the way for the Industrial Revolution lived here 1850-1872
Chancellors Way, Moseley Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, United Kingdom where they lived