Hubert Cecil Booth
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Hubert Cecil Booth (4 July 1871 – 14 January 1955)[1] was an English engineer, best known for having invented one of the first powered vacuum cleaners.[2][3][4][5]
For the English cricketer, see Cecil Booth (cricketer).
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Hubert Cecil Booth | |
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Born | (1871-07-04)4 July 1871 Gloucester, England |
Died | 14 January 1955(1955-01-14) (aged 83) Croydon, England |
Education | City and Guilds Institute, London |
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Charlotte Mary Pearce
(m. 1903; died 1948) |
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Engineering career | |
Discipline | Civil engineer |
Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers |
Significant advance | Invented vacuum cleaner |
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He also designed Ferris wheels,[1][6] suspension bridges and factories.[1] Later he became Chairman and Managing Director of the British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co.[1]