Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet KCH FRS (20 May 1772 – 16 May 1828) was a British Army officer, Tory politician, publisher and inventor.^[1] A pioneer in the field of rocket artillery, he was renowned for his development and use of Congreve rockets during the Napoleonic Wars.^[2]

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^ Walker, William (1864). Memoirs of the distinguished men of science of Great Britain living in the years 1807-8, and appendix (2d ed. -- ed.). London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1864. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.28396.