Charles Sylvester (1774-1828)
A Sheffield autodidact and writer who worked as an inventor and engineer with William
Strutt at the Royal Infirmary, Derby. Maria Edgeworth described him as “a man of
surprising abilities, of a calm and fearless mind.”
A Sheffield autodidact and writer who worked as an inventor and engineer with William
Strutt at the Royal Infirmary, Derby. Maria Edgeworth described him as “a man of
surprising abilities, of a calm and fearless mind.”