British Army general and anti-personnel-munition innovator
Henry Shrapnel
Portrait of Shrapnel, 1817
Born
(1761-06-03)3 June 1761 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England
Died
13 March 1842(1842-03-13) (aged 80) Southampton, England
Allegiance
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Service/branch
British Army
Rank
Lieutenant general
Unit
Royal Artillery
Battles/wars
Flanders Campaign (WIA)
Henry Shrapnel (3 June 1761 – 13 March 1842) was a British Army officer whose name has entered the English language as the inventor of the shrapnel shell.
HenryShrapnel (3 June 1761 – 13 March 1842) was a British Army officer whose name has entered the English language as the inventor of the shrapnel shell...
behind Shrapnel shells are fundamentally different from high-explosive shell fragmentation. Shrapnel is named after Lieutenant-General HenryShrapnel (1761–1842)...
use Shrapnel (fragment), a hard loose material Shrapnel (Radical Comics) Shrapnel, a game by Adam Cadre Shrapnel (DC Comics), a supervillain Shrapnel (Transformers)...
ancestor HenryShrapnel gave the word shrapnel to the English language. Shrapnel died aged 77 at his home in Suffolk on 14 February 2020. "John Shrapnel Biography...
also appeared in the Doctor Who audio play, Shadow of the Past. Shrapnel's Hotspur in Henry IV in the Royal Shakespeare Company's critically acclaimed 2008...
ground zero. Air burst artillery has a long history. The shrapnel shell was invented by HenryShrapnel of the British Army in about 1780 to increase the effectiveness...
recoilless anti-tank guns.[citation needed] Shrapnel shells—named for the inventor, British artillery officer HenryShrapnel—were developed from canister during...
century until the 1960s. Named after Lieutenant General HenryShrapnel (who invented the shrapnel shell and was for some years based at the nearby Royal...
with the iron balls and fragments of the casing. (Invented 1784 by Lt. HenryShrapnel, Royal Artillery, Great Britain). Shell An explosive anti-materiel and...
the Shrapnel family who were prosperous cloth merchants from Bradford on Avon. Lieutenant-General HenryShrapnel (1761–1842), inventor of the Shrapnel shell...
William Bradley, English lieutenant and cartographer (b. 1757) 1842 – HenryShrapnel, English general (b. 1761) 1854 – Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician...
Scheele's Green – Carl Wilhelm Scheele Schick test – Béla Schick Shrapnel shell – HenryShrapnel Sousaphone – John Philip Sousa Southern blot – Edwin Southern...
Shockley (1910–1989), U.S. – co-inventor of transistor HenryShrapnel (1761–1842), UK – Shrapnel shell ammunition Vladimir Shukhov (1853–1939), Russia...
dispersed the shrapnel. The spherical case used in a 12-pounder Napoleon contained 78 balls. The name shrapnel derives from its inventor, HenryShrapnel. The primary...
the invention of a fused spherical case-shot, designed by General Sir HenryShrapnel to explode over the heads of enemy troops and shower them with musket...
advantage to horse artillery as well. Later, the British army officer HenryShrapnel invented a deadly new type of ammunition that was put to effective use...
Samuel Eells, American founder of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity (b. 1810) HenryShrapnel, English army officer, inventor (b. 1761) March 15 – Luigi Cherubini...
contained within a case or bag, which scattered on explosion. In 1784, Lt HenryShrapnel invented a spherical case-shot, which was later named after him. The...
This type of round had been invented by HenryShrapnel, a British artillery officer, hence the term “shrapnel.” Last, there was canister shot, probably...
had adopted Douglas's new system. The shrapnel shell was developed in 1784, by Major General HenryShrapnel of the Royal Artillery. Canister shot was...
football official (died 1907) 13 March – HenryShrapnel, soldier and inventor (born 1761) 5 June – Thomas Henry Lister, novelist (born 1800) 12 June – Thomas...
first piece of Self-propelled artillery ever to be produced. Shrapnel shell – HenryShrapnel Smokeless propellant to replace gunpowder with the use of Cordite...
British Columbia. Shrapnel was born on 12 January 1845, in Alverstoke, Hampshire. His grandfather was HenryShrapnel, inventor of the shrapnel shell. His father...
1828) May 3 – August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819) June 3 – HenryShrapnel, British Army officer and inventor (d. 1842) June 7 – John Rennie the...
by James Puckle (1667–1724). 1784: Shrapnel shell, an anti-personnel artillery munition, developed by HenryShrapnel (1761–1842). 1804: The Congreve rocket...
Haytor.: 2 In 1869, a new type of artillery munition developed by HenryShrapnel was tested near Postbridge. Four years later, a major exercise was held...