William Henry Preece (1834–1913)

Electrical engineer and administrator. Educated at King’s College, London. Superintendent, Electric Telegraph Company, from 1856. Worked on the Post Office telegraph system from 1870; electrician to the Post Office from 1877; engineer-in-chief, 1892–9. Published and lectured widely on telegraphy. Knighted, 1899. FRS 1881.