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Edward Windsor Richards (August 1831 – 12 November 1921), known as Windsor Richards, was a British engineer, and steel maker.Presidents – 1896–1897: Edward Windsor Richards
Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 16 January 2016. (published digitally in 2011)

Life

Richards was born in Dowlais, and was educated at Monmouth and Christ's Hospital. He was an apprentice at the Rhymney Iron and Steel Works. He studied the economy of utilizing the waste heat in blast furnace gases. Richards worked as assistant, and chief engineer of the Tredegar Iron Works. By 1871 he was general manager of the Ebbw Vale Iron Works, where he planned the Bessemer Steel Department. In 1875, Richards was General Manager of the Eston Ironworks of Bolckow Vaughan and Co, North Yorkshire. These included three hæmatite blast furnaces, and his work with

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. He retired in 1898. Richards was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1896 and 1897, and was President of the Iron and Steel Institute, of which he was an Original Member, in 1894. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for

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on 11 April 1902. He also served as

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in 1902. He died in 1921 at his home, Plas Llecha, Tredunnock, Caerleon at the age of 90.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Edward Windsor 1831 births 1921 deaths People from Dowlais Welsh mechanical engineers Bessemer Gold Medal High Sheriffs of Monmouthshire