Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti as British engineer (1864–1930).
Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti was born at Liverpool in 1864. His recorded nationality is the United Kingdom. He was educated at University College London.
The nineteenth century professionalised nearly everything: salaried posts, formal training, and audiences large enough to sustain a career.
The record gives his occupations as inventor, electrical engineer and scientist.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
His recorded fields of work are electrical energy, power station and electrical grid.
His work was formally recognised with the Fellow of the Royal Society and Faraday Medal.
Working from the United Kingdom shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti died in 1930 at the age of 66. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Educated at University College London
- Worked as inventor, electrical engineer and scientist
