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Charles Blacker Vignoles

British railway engineer (1793–1875)
Person Human Q537504
Charles Blacker Vignoles
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
May 31, 1793
Date of death
November 17, 1875
Place of birth
Wikidata item
Place of death
Hythe
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[11]
Occupation
civil engineer, engineer, railway engineer
Educated at
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst[12]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society[15]
Notable work
Trent Viaducts[14]
Child
Olinthus John Vignoles, Hutton Vignoles[9][10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Birth name
Charles Blacker Vignoles
Described by source
Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), pi-vol-2-issue-1-1946[20][21][22][23]
Family name
Vignoles (surname)[18]
Given name
Charles[19]
Member of
Royal Society of London (1855–present)[16]
Place of burial
Brompton Cemetery[8]
Student
Richard Vicars Boyle[13]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
0000000063199521
VIAF cluster ID
69707335
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82272856
GND ID
117417513
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
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AskArt person ID
10055806
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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British Museum person or institution ID
119007
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00389784
DDB person (GND) ID
117417513
Darwin Correspondence ID
6927
De Agostini ID
Vignoles,+Charles+Blacker
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
117417513
Dictionary of Irish Biography ID
008817
Early Modern Letters Online person ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Charles-Vignoles
FAST ID
124398
Freebase ID
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Grace's Guide ID
Charles_Vignoles
Hessian Biography person ID
18475
IdRef ID
230161278
J9U entity ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
117417513
Libraries Australia ID
35665072
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
23737
NLA Trove people ID
1032890
National Library of Brazil ID
000382723
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001093078
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000451258
Open Library ID
OL1913856A
OpenMLOL author ID
156603
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
28282
Past Fellow of the Royal Society ID
NA5198
SNAC ARK ID
w64q8n23
SNARC ID
Ernst Benary
Science Museum people ID
cp40124
Structurae person ID
1001986
Treccani ID
charles-blacker-vignoles
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
charles-blacker-vignoles
UK National Archives ID
F61731
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/08810c3d-be45-4f26-8036-1501e401410b

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Occupation 2
engineer, civil engineer
Award received 1
Fellow of the Royal Society
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Described by source 1
Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon
Educated at 1
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Given name 1
Charles
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Royal Society of London
Place of burial 1
Brompton Cemetery
Place of death 1
Hythe
SNARC ID 1
Ernst Benary
Sex or gender 1
male
← Structural engineer 1
Nicholas Chain Bridge
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Summary

Charles Blacker Vignoles's place of birth was Q54555161[1]. He was born on May 31, 1793[2]. He died in Hythe[3]. He died on November 17, 1875[4]. He worked as a civil engineer[5], engineer[6], and railway engineer[7].

Body

Personal Life

Children include Olinthus John Vignoles[9], an Anglican priest[24], 1829–1907[25], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[26] and Hutton Vignoles[10].

FAQs

Where was Charles Blacker Vignoles born?

Charles Blacker Vignoles's place of birth was Q54555161[1].

Where did Charles Blacker Vignoles die?

Charles Blacker Vignoles passed away in Hythe[3].

What did Charles Blacker Vignoles do for work?

Charles Blacker Vignoles worked as civil engineer[5], engineer[6], and railway engineer[7].

Where did Charles Blacker Vignoles go to school?

Charles Blacker Vignoles was educated at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst[12].

What awards did Charles Blacker Vignoles receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[15].

Related Entities

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 8w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hessian Biography person ID → 18475
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #54302: migrate GND to own IDs"
  2. 20w ago · Pigsonthewing · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Olinthus John Vignoles, Hutton Vignoles
    "Created claim: Child: Hutton Vignoles, using Frettie/consistency check add.js"
  3. 25w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Darwin Correspondence ID → 6927
    "Created claim: Darwin Correspondence ID: 6927, batch #258229"
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