H. A. Humphrey

Herbert Humphrey
Born(1868-12-02)2 December 1868
London, United Kingdom
Died9 March 1951(1951-03-09) (aged 82)
Hermanus, South Africa
NationalityBritish
EducationFinsbury Technical College and the Central Institution
Occupation(s)Scientist, engineer and inventor
Known forInventing the Humphrey Pump
SpouseMary Elizabeth Horniblow
Children2 daughters and 3 sons (one of whom was the bacteriologist John H. Humphrey
Caricature of Humphrey by Wallace Hester published 1905 in the Men of the Day series in Vanity Fair.

Herbert Alfred Humphrey MInstCE MIMechE MIEE FCGI (2 December 1868 – 9 March 1951) was a British engineer, inventor of the Humphrey pump.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ ‘HUMPHREY, Herbert Alfred’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 10 Aug 2014
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pingree was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Obituary: Mr. H. A. Humphrey, Inventor of Humphrey Gas Pump". The Times. No. 51948. 13 March 1951. p. 8.