William Symes Andrews (September 10, 1847 – July 1, 1929) was an

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, electrical engineer, and one of the first employees of the

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Biography

He was born in

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in 1847. He started working at Edison's Menlo Park in 1879.Robert John Weber, David N. Perkins, Inventive Minds: Creativity in Technology, Oxford University Press - 1992 He died on July 1, 1929 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, William Symes Edison Pioneers 1847 births 1929 deaths English electrical engineers American electrical engineers