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Designer, founder
Frederick Henry Royce, Baronet of Seaton was English industrialist who was one of the founders (with Charles Stewart Rolls) of Rolls-Royce Ltd. manufacturer of luxury automobiles and airplane engines. Since 1991 is part of Automotive Hall of Fame
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, engeneer, designer.
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variant spelling:
Royce, Frederick Henry
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Curriculum vitae
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* 27.03.1863
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Alwalton, Huntingdonshire, UK
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born
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1878
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he is an engineer apprenticed to the Great Northern Railway company at Peterborough
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1904
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he built three experimental cars of his own design
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04.05.1904
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Mancester
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he met Charles Rolls at Midland Hotel, Manchester
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1906
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he and C. Rolls founded Rolls-Royce Ltd. Royce & Co.
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1930
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he was made a baronet
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† 22.04.1933
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West Wittering, Sussex
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died
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