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William Carey (missionary)
English Baptist missionär and a Particular Baptist minister
The Reverend William Carey | |
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Portrait of Carey, c. 1887 | |
| Born | (1761-08-17)17 August 1761 Paulerspury, England |
| Died | 9 June 1834(1834-06-09) (aged 72) Serampore, Bengal Presidency, British India |
William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834) was an English Christian missionär, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the Serampore College and the Serampore University, the first degree-awarding university in India[1] and cofounded the Serampore Mission Press.
He went to Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1793, but was forced to leave the British Indian territory by non-Baptist Christian missionaries.[2] He joined the Baptist missionaries in the Danish colony of Frederiksnagore in Serampore. One of his first contributions was to start schools for impoverished children where they were taught re
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Willis Carrier
American inventor (1876–1950)
Willis Carrier | |
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Carrier in 1915 | |
| Born | Willis Haviland Carrier (1876-11-26)November 26, 1876 Angola, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 7, 1950(1950-10-07) (aged 73) New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (M.E.) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Known for | Inventing modern air conditioning |
| Spouses | Edith Claire Seymour (m. 1902; died 1912)Jennie Tifft Martin (m. 1913; died 1939)Elizabeth Marsh Wise (m. 1941) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | ASME Medal (1934) Frank P. Brown Medal (1941) |
Willis Haviland Carrier (November 26, 1876 – October 7, 1950) was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning. Carrier invented the first elec
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Wills Carrier
Willis Carrier (1876-1950) was the "father of air conditioning," developing both the theory and the applications of air conditioning systems.
Willis Haviland Carrier was born in Angola, New York, on November 26, 1876, a member of an old New England family. Young Willis was educated at Angola Academy and taught school for two years before entering Central High School in Buffalo, New York, to meet college entrance requirements. Carrier then won a state scholarship to attend Cornell University. He graduated from Cornell in 1901 with a degree in electrical engineering, whereupon he joined the Buffalo Forge Company in Buffalo as a research engineer. Carrier became chief engineer of the firm in 1906.
While associated with Buffalo Forge Carrier assisted materially in the development of blowers and of pipe-coil heaters manufactured for the company and formulated a technical method of testing and rating blowers and fan-system heaters. He also devised and published the f