William Simms (onye na-eme ngwá egwú)
William Simms | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 Disemba 1793 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 21 Juunu 1860 (aged 66) Carshalton, Surrey, England |
| Occupation | Scientific instrument maker |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | Nine children by Ann Nutting and three by Emma Hennell |
| Parent(s) | William and Sarah Simms |
William Simms (7 Disemba 1793 – 21 June 1860) bụ onye mere ngwa sayensị Britain.
A egwuregwu ya na Birmingham, nke abụọ n'ime ụgbọ njem nke William Simms (1763-1828), onye na-ekiri ihe egwuregwu. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe amuchara William Simm ahụ ahụ kwagara London ka William Simms Sr. nwee ike inyere nna ya na-arahụ ọrịa, James Simms, onye nwere azụmahịa ọla na Whitecross Street . N'oge na-adịghị anya, ịzụ ahịa a ka ọ bụrụ nna ngwa anya. William Sr. gara nke ọma na na 1804 a mgbaàmà ya ịbụ onye akwụkwọ onwe nke Obodo.
E mmetụta William Simms Jr. na Jenụ 1806 ka Mazi Hayward arịa ya na mmetụta na. Mgbe ọ akwụkwọ mbụ afọ na Jenụwarị 1808, a ajụjụ ya na Thomas Penstone, onye otu ụlọ ọrụ na-efe ofufe nke Goldsmiths . Otú ọ dị, njikọ William dị n'ebe ọzọ na 1808 òkere nna ya.
A ahụmahụ ya onye Freeman nke ndị na-eje ozi Ọrụ Na-efe efe nke Goldsmiths na 1815 wee guzobe azụmahịa maka onwe ya, na-arụ ọrụ ruo 1818 na ụlọ Blackfriars nna ya. Nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye Jamesobelarị ịwepụta aha ya maka ngwa ụgbọ mmiri.
Ihe kacha mkpa William Simms bụ nkewa nke ụkwụ, izi ezi nke dị mkpa maka ike ngwa ngwa ziri ezi. Ọ ekiri onye nta nke Thomas Jones, bụ onye wetara ya na ndị na onye na-ahụ ngwá ọrụ Edward Troughton ma mee ka ọ kwenye onyinye na Royal Society maka agbamume nke Arts, Manufactures & Commerce . N'ebe a, ọ zutere engineer Bryan Donkin, nakwa Colonel Colby nke Ordnance Survey .
N'afọ 1825, a gwara Simms ka ọ rụzie ma kewaa okirikiri mbara igwe nke Troughton mere na 1800. Emebere Simms ma dochie akụkụ ebe achọrọ, wee kewaa okirikiri ahụ. Mgbe e mesịrị, Simms dere akwụkwọ maka Troughton na-atụ aro usoro ọhụrụ maka nkesa okirikiri nke ziri ezi karịa injin na ngwa ngwa karịa iji igwe. Edward Troughton weghaara William Simms dị ka onye mmekọ na 1826 Na ezumike nka Troughton Simms weghaara azụmahịa ya, bụ nke nwere aha ọma n'ichepụta ngwa sayensị.