Bust of Menelaus, 1884, by Thomas Brock, National Museum Cardiff
Born
(1818-03-10)10 March 1818
East Lothian, Scotland
Died
30 March 1882(1882-03-30) (aged 64)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Resting place
Penderyn churchyard, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Nationality
Scottish
Citizenship
British
Occupation
Engineer
Spouse
Margaret Janet Rhys (26 August 1852 – her death 10 weeks later)
Engineering career
Discipline
Mechanical engineering, Ironmaster
Institutions
Institution of Civil Engineers Iron and Steel Institute[1]
Employer(s)
Rowland Fothergill Sir John Guest
Projects
Dowlais Ironworks
Awards
1881: Bessemer Gold Medal[1]
William Menelaus (10 March 1818 – 30 March 1882) was a Scottish-born mechanical engineer, who made his name and fortune as the works manager at the Dowlais Ironworks in South Wales.[1]
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Rowland Fothergill of Hensol Castle engaged Menelaus to remodel a corn mill. Persuading him to stay, Menelaus rose to manage Fothergill's Aberdare Ironworks...
the Phrygian, Menelaus was described as ". . .of moderate stature, auburn-haired, and handsome. He had a pleasing personality." Menelaus was a descendant...
Menelaus of Macedon (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/; Greek: Μενέλαος, Menelaos) may refer to: Menelaus, father of Amyntas II or Amyntas III king and grandfather of Philip...
alliances with the Consett Iron Company and Krupp. By 1857, G.T. Clark and WilliamMenelaus, his manager, had constructed the "Goat Mill", the world's most powerful...
Clark took rapid steps to improve management controls, bringing in WilliamMenelaus as general manager. The pair worked closely together and Dowlais again...
retaliate, Menelaus was chosen to be Helen's husband. As a sign of the importance of the pact, Tyndareus sacrificed a horse. Helen and Menelaus became rulers...
Agamemnon and Menelaus were adopted by their grandfather Atreus. The Pleisthenes who was said to have been the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus is a puzzling...
of heads of departments, chief among whom was his general manager, WilliamMenelaus. By the mid-1860s, Clark's reforms had borne fruit in renewed profitability...
oracular Old Man of the Sea and herdsman of the sea-beasts. In the Odyssey, Menelaus relates to Telemachus that he had been becalmed here on his journey home...
period, Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus took refuge with Tyndareus, King of Sparta. In Sparta, Agamemnon and Menelaus respectively married Tyndareus'...
husband, Menelaus, the Spartan king, for Paris of Troy, Menelaus called upon all the kings and princes of Greece to wage war upon Troy. Menelaus' brother...
accompanies him to the halls of Menelaus and his wife Helen. Whilst there, Telemachus is again treated as an honored guest as Menelaus and Helen tell complementary...
Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 29 July 2022. "Art Collection Online: WilliamMenelaus". Amgueddfa Cymru. Retrieved 9 March 2023. "Statue of Colin Minton...
donations to the town's art collection, including the entire collection of WilliamMenelaus after his death in 1882. In 1883 the National Eisteddfod visited Cardiff...
character is referred to as Odysseus.) Menelaus, King of Sparta, brother to Agamemnon Helen, wife to Menelaus, living with Paris Thersites, a deformed...
Idomeneus, and both Menelaus and Agamemnon. All but Odysseus brought many and rich gifts with them. Helen's favourite was Menelaus who, according to some...
Menelaus and Odysseus had to restrain the men inside from responding. During the sack of Troy, Deiphobus was slain by either Odysseus or Menelaus, and...
States) 21 February – George Wilson, chemist (died 1859) 10 March – WilliamMenelaus, mechanical engineer (died 1882) 22 March – John Ainsworth Horrocks...
Royal School of Mines. He was recommended by his lecturer there to WilliamMenelaus at the Dowlais Iron Works as a suitable candidate for the position...
2017. "USS Menelaus (ARL-13)". Navsource.org. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2017. Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Menelaus (ARL-13). Photo...