Robert Whitehead

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Robert Whitehead
Born	(1823-01-03)3 January 1823 Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Died	14 November 1905(1905-11-14) (aged 82) Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, England, UK[1]
Nationality	English
Citizenship	England
Occupation	Engineer
Spouse	Frances Maria Johnston
Children	Frances Eleanor Whitehead Alice C Whitehead John Whitehead Sir James Beethom Whitehead Robert B Whitehead
Engineering career
Projects	Developed the first self-propelled torpedo

Robert Whitehead (3 January 1823 – 14 November 1905) was an English engineer who was most famous for developing the first effective self-propelled naval torpedo.