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Sir Alfred Yarrow
Bt
Born
Alfred Fernandez Yarrow

13 January 1842
East London, London, United Kingdom
Died24 January 1932 (aged 90)
Strand, London, United Kingdom
Resting placeHighgate Cemetery
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipBritish
EducationUniversity College School
Spouses
Minnie Yarrow
(m. 1875)
Eleanor Yarrow
(m. 1922)
Children6
Parent(s)Edgar Williams Yarrow (father)
Esther Lindo (mother)
Engineering career
DisciplineShipbuilding
Practice nameYarrow Shipbuilders

Sir Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1st Baronet, (13 January 1842 – 24 January 1932)[1] was a British shipbuilder who started a shipbuilding dynasty, Yarrow Shipbuilders.

  1. ^ d'e., E. H. T. (1932). "Sir Alfred Fernandez Yarrow. 1842-1932". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1 (1): 7–11. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1932.0003.

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