Category:Bennet Woodcroft

**Bennet Woodcroft**
	English textile manufacturer (1803-1879)
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Date of birth	20 December 1803; Heaton Norris
Date of death	7 February 1879; South Kensington
Place of burial	Brompton Cemetery;
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;
Occupation	engineer;
Member of	Royal Society (1859–);
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Society;
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Bennet Woodcroft (20 December 1803 – 7 February 1879) was an English textile manufacturer, industrial archaeologist, pioneer of marine propulsion, a leading figure in patent reform and the first clerk to the commissioners of patents