Horace Field Parshall
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Dr. Horace Field Parshall |
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9 September 1865 Milford, New York, United States |
| Died | 12 December 1932 (aged 67) |
| Occupation | Electrical Engineer |
Horace Field Parshall (9 September 1865–12 December 1932) was an electrical engineer specialising in rotating electrical machines, railway traction, and electrical distribution. Born in America, he worked for General Electric, later moving to the United Kingdom, where he was involved in the installation of a number of electrical schemes, including the Central London Railway and The Lancashire Electric Power Company, becoming a director of both.
In Britain, he was financially successful and used his wealth to construct a mansion, Penbury Grove, near Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. After the death of his first wife, he became involved in a bigamy case due to an attempt by a married couple to obtain his wealth through a fraudulent marriage.
He authored a number of works on electrical engineering, and a book on the genealogy of his branch of the Parshall family including a short autobiography.
Horace Field Parshall was born on 9 September 1865, at Milford, New York, the son of James Everett Parshall (1839–99), a lawyer, and Phoebe Anne née Field (d. 1899). He was educated at Hartwick Seminary, then studied electrical engineering at Cornell University, leaving after two years to study at Lehigh University. He joined the Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Company, and by 25 was a chief design engineer of the Edison General Electric Company, remaining with the company after it amalgamated into the General Electric company.
In 1893, he married Annie Matilda (Blanch) Rogers.
Lectures given at Massachusetts Institute of Technology formed the basis of the books Armature windings of electric machines, and Electric generators (later expanded as Electric machine design) published between 1895 and 1906.
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