The Varley family: engineers and artists

In June 1871, at the age of 43, Cromwell Fleetwood Varley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. In May of the same year Varley and three of his brothers were four of the sixty-six original members who together formed the Society of Telegraph Engineers, the organization that was the forerunner o...

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Published inNotes and records of the Royal Society of London Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 263 - 279
Main Author Jeffery, J. V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The Royal Society 22.07.1997
Royal Society of London
Subjects
Brothers
Civil engineering
Cromwell Fleetwood Varley
Design engineering
Electrical engineering
Engineers
Family
Rotating generators
Sons
Telegraph
Telegraph lines
Telescopes
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Summary:In June 1871, at the age of 43, Cromwell Fleetwood Varley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. In May of the same year Varley and three of his brothers were four of the sixty-six original members who together formed the Society of Telegraph Engineers, the organization that was the forerunner of today's Institution of Electrical Engineers. During the second half of the 19th century the four Varley brothers contributed in no small measure to the developing telegraph and electrical industries in Britain. During the first half of the 19th century Varleys of the previous generation made an equally important contribution to the art of landscape painting.
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ISSN:0035-9149
1743-0178
DOI:10.1098/rsnr.1997.0022