Charles Sylvester

(1774-1828)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sylvester, Charles LBT ID: ChSylve1828 VIAF ID: 13857782 LOC ID: n88088837	B/BAP: 1774-07-10 DIED: 1828-01-15
SOURCES: Kaleidoscope (29 January 1828) 253; Wikipedia; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
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.”
REFERENCES TO Charles Sylvester: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter V Found 1: ¶ 2