Ardaseer Cursetjee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ardaseer Cursetjee

engineer

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1808

Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Date of Death: 16-Nov-1877

Profession: photographer, engineer

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ardaseer Cursetjee

  • Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia FRS (6 October 1808 – 16 November 1877) born Parsi, an Indian shipbuilder and engineer belonging to the Wadia ship building family.He is noted for having been the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
  • He is also recorded as having introduced several (at the time) novel technologies to the city of Bombay (now Mumbai), including gas lighting, the sewing machine, steam pump-driven irrigation and electro-plating.

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