Wilson Worsdell | |
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Born | Monks Coppenhall, Crewe, Cheshire, England | 7 September 1850
Died | 14 April 1920 South Ascot, Berkshire, England | (aged 69)
Nationality | English |
Citizenship | British |
Education | Ackworth School |
Occupation | Engineer |
Spouse | Mary Elizabeth Bradford |
Parent(s) | Nathaniel and Mary Worsdell |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Mechanical engineering |
Wilson Worsdell (7 September 1850 – 14 April 1920[1]) was an English locomotive engineer who was locomotive superintendent of the North Eastern Railway from 1890 to 1910. He was the younger brother of T.W. Worsdell. Wilson was born at Monks Coppenhall, near Crewe on 7 September 1850 to Nathaniel and Mary Worsdell; he was their tenth child and fourth son.[2] In 1860 he was sent as a boarder to Ackworth, a Quaker school in Yorkshire.[3]