Henry Ward Poole

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Henry Ward Poole
Henry Ward Poole
Born	(1825-09-13)September 13, 1825 Salem, Massachusetts
Died	October 22, 1890(1890-10-22) (aged 62)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Engineer
Engineering career
Projects	topographic surveys
Significant design	musical inventions

Henry Ward Poole (1825–1890) was an American surveyor, civil engineer, educator and writer on and inventor of systems of musical tuning. He was brother of the famous librarian William Frederick Poole, and cousin of the celebrated humorist, journalist and politician Fitch Poole.