William Henry Preece ( 1834 - 1913 )

Birth: Bryn Helen, Caernarfonshire, Wales (15 February 1834) Death: Penrhos, Caernarfonshire (06 November 1913) Profession: Civil engineer Education: King's College, London; Royal Institution Career: Apprenticed to the Electric and International Telegraph Company (1853); Engineer, Channel Islands Telegraph Company (1858-1862); Electrician (1870), Electrician in Chief (1877), then Engineer in Chief (1892-1899), General Post Office; a pioneer of wireless telegraphy Honours: CB 1894; KCB 1899 Memberships: AICE (1859); MICE (1872); Society of Telegraph Engineers; Physical Society; FRMS; FSA Membership: Fellow Election Date: 2/06/1881.