| LC control no. | n 84066777 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gresley, Nigel, Sir, 1876-1941 |
| Variant(s) | Gresley, Herbert Nigel, Sir, 1876-1941 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Located | Watton-on-Stone (England) |
| Birth date | 18760619 |
| Death date | 19410405 |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Watton-on-Stone (England) |
| Field of activity | Mallard (Steam locomotive) Locomotives -- Design and construction Steam locomotives Flying Scotsman (Locomotive) |
| Affiliation | Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) London and North Eastern Railway |
| Profession or occupation | Mechanical engineers |
| Found in | Hughes, G. The Gresley influence, 1983: t.p. (Gresley) p. 6, etc. (Sir Nigel Gresley; Herbert Nigel Gresley, b. 6/19/1876) W was W, 1941-1950 (Gresley, Sir Herbert Nigel, d. 4/5/41) Mallard, 2013: page 11, etc. (Sir Nigel Gresley; b. June 19, 1876, in Edinburgh; began as an apprentice at the Crewe works of the London & North Western Railway Company; chief mechanical engineer of the Great Northern Railway, where he designed the Great Northern steam locomotive; chief mechanical engineer, London and North Eastern Railway, 1923-1941, where he designed the Flying Scotsman and Mallard steam locomotives; knighted, 1936; died at his home at Watton-on-Stone, April 5, 1941) |
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