Edward Potts (biologist)
Edward Potts may refer to: * Edward Potts (gymnast) (1881–1944), British Olympic gymnast * Edward Potts (architect) (1839–1909), English architect * Edward Potts Cheyney Edward Potts Cheyney, A.M., LL.D. (1861–1947) was an American historical and economic writer, born at Wallingford, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1883. He visited German universities and studied at the British ...

Edward Potts (gymnast)
Edward William Potts (July 12, 1881 – September 14, 1944) was a British gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be .... In the 1908 London Olympics he participated in the individual all-around competition and finished ninth. At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he was part of the British team which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system.Edward Potts
, DatabaseOlympics, accessed March 2009 He was the winner of the Individual Gymnastic Championship of England in 1912. Among other successes, he won the German Gymnas ...
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Edward Potts (architect)
Edward Potts (2 March 1839 – 15 April 1909) was an architect who practised in Oldham, Lancashire, England. Biography Potts was born on 2 March 1839 in Bury, Lancashire. He moved to Oldham and designed many of the town's Cotton mills and was ranked with P. S. Stott as the greatest mill architect of Victorian Lancashire. Potts and his partnerships were responsible for the design and build of 200 mills, sixteen of which were in Oldham. One such mill is Textile Mill, Chadderton built in 1882. Mills of this period were constructed with fireproof floors. These were principally triple brick arches, but Potts pioneered the use of 7" thick concrete floors. On 3 March 1884 he attempted to patent this new method of constructing fireproof floors and ceilings. The patent was rejected, and it was rapidly adopted by other architects. The seven inch floor was more rigid than a 12" brick floor, so preserved the alignment of the spinning mules, thus saving power. However the concrete floor ...
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