Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
Born13 June 1854
London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died11 February 1931 (1931-02-12) (aged 76)
Kingston Harbour, Jamaica,
NationalityIrish
CitizenshipIrish
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin
St. John's College, Cambridge
Known forSteam turbine
Spouse(s)Katharine Bethell
(m. 1883) (d. 1933)
ChildrenRachel Mary Parsons (1885–1956)
Algernon George Parsons (b. 1886–1918)
AwardsRumford Medal (1902)
Albert Medal (1911)
Franklin Medal (1920)
Faraday Medal (1923)
Copley Medal (1928)
Bessemer Gold Medal (1929)
Scientific career
FieldsEngineering
InstitutionsHeaton, Newcastle