The Varley family
Engineers and artists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20315102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J V Jeffery (Lady Digby House, Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire MK16 8LG, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 263-279 |
| Publication date | 1997-07-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.1997.0022 |
| OpenAlex | W2146657173 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In June 1871, at the age of 43, Cromwell Fleetwood Varley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. In May of the same year Varley and three of his brothers were four of the sixty–six original members who together formed the Society of Telegraph Engineers, the organization that was the forerunner of today's Institution of Electrical Engineers. During the second half of the 19th century the four Varley brothers contributed in no small measure to the developing telegraph and electrical industries in Britain. During the first half of the 19th century Varleys of the previous generation made an equally important contribution to the art of landscape painting
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| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |