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Alexander Mitchell MICE (13 April 1780 – 25 June 1868) was an Irish engineer who from 1802 was blind. He is known as the inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse.
Alexander Mitchell, eighth son of William Mitchell and Jane Ferguson, one of thirteen children, was born in William Street, Dublin, on 13 April 1780. His father was inspector-general of barracks in Ireland, a duty that took him all over the country.
Alexander or Alex Mitchell may refer to: Born before 1900. Alexander Mitchell (British politician) (1831–1873), MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1865–1868; Alexander Mitchell (engineer) (1780–1868), blind Irish engineer; Alexander Mitchell (Wisconsin politician) (1817–1887), president of the Milwaukee Road railroad, US Representative from ...
May 1, 2019 · Alexander Mitchell was elected member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1848, and received the Telford Medal the following year for a paper on his invention. He died at the age of 88 at his home near Belfast in 1868.
Jun 30, 2015 · Alexander Mitchell: the blind Irish engineer who enabled seafarers to see in the dark. Tuesday 30 June 2015. Author: Kenneth L Mitchell explores the life of one of Ireland's greatest ever engineers. It sounds like the beginning of a distasteful joke; “Did you hear the one about the blind Irishman who built a lighthouse?”
Mitchell, Alexander (1780–1868), civil engineer, was born 13 April 1780 in South William St., Dublin, eighth son among thirteen children of William Mitchell, inspector general of barracks in Ireland, and Jane Mitchell (née Fergusson or Ferguson), remembered in the family as ‘Sparkling Jenny’.
Alexander Mitchell was a Social Democratic Party candidate in Grantham and Bourne constituency in the UK Parliamentary general election . Alexander Mitchell's policies. Statement to voters. Let me tell you a little bit about myself and also about my party. Full statement. This statement was last updated on June 15, 2024.
