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'''Sir Edward Wilshaw''' was a British businessman, the chairman of [[Cable & Wireless Communications]]. |
'''Sir Edward Wilshaw''' was a British businessman, the chairman of [[Cable & Wireless Communications]]. |
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Wilshaw started his career as an ETC apprentice in 1894, rising to chairman of the company in 1936. He was knighted in 1939. |
Wilshaw started his career as an ETC apprentice in 1894, rising to chairman of the company in 1936. He was knighted in 1939. During [[World War 2]], Wilshaw employed his friend [[John Logie Baird]] to work on developing high-speed facsimilie transmission.<ref>{{cite book|title=John Logie Baird: The Man Who Invented Television|author=Bob Greenlee|page=352}}</ref> After the war th new Labour government of [[Clement Atlee]] privatised the company, and Wilshaw was given the position of company President. He later wrote a book of his career in the telecommunications industry. |
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Wilshaw died at his London home on 4 March 1968, aged 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19680304&id=G4IuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AqAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4661,780464|title=Sir Edward Wilshaw|publisher=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=4 March 1968|accessdate=7 August 2013}}</ref> |
Wilshaw died at his London home on 4 March 1968, aged 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19680304&id=G4IuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AqAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4661,780464|title=Sir Edward Wilshaw|publisher=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=4 March 1968|accessdate=7 August 2013}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:31, 7 August 2013
Sir Edward Wilshaw was a British businessman, the chairman of Cable & Wireless Communications.
Wilshaw started his career as an ETC apprentice in 1894, rising to chairman of the company in 1936. He was knighted in 1939. During World War 2, Wilshaw employed his friend John Logie Baird to work on developing high-speed facsimilie transmission.[1] After the war th new Labour government of Clement Atlee privatised the company, and Wilshaw was given the position of company President. He later wrote a book of his career in the telecommunications industry.
Wilshaw died at his London home on 4 March 1968, aged 88.[2]
CS Edward Wilshaw
In 1949, Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. built a 313 feet (95 m)/2,522 long tons (2,562 t) cable ship named the CS Edward Wilshaw, the largest cable repair ship when launched in the C&W fleet. Completed at a cost of £300,000 and with a cable capacity of 18,850 square feet (1,751 m2), she was based in: Mombasa during the 1950s; Gibraltar from 1965-70; and the Pacific Ocean from Australia from 1970 to 1979, the year in which she was scrapped.[3]
References
- ^ Bob Greenlee. John Logie Baird: The Man Who Invented Television. p. 352.
- ^ "Sir Edward Wilshaw". Montreal Gazette. 4 March 1968. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "CS Edward Wilshaw". Atlantic Cable. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
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