Biographical entry Hoyos, Georg (c. 1842 - 1904)

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Born
c. 21 January 1842
Zombor, Hungary
Died
15 August 1904
Beckett, United Kingdom

Summary

Georg Hoyos married Robert and Frances Whitehead's second daughter Alice in 1869 and from 1875 to 1904 was employed as Robert Whitehead's General Manager.

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  • Whitehead, Robert (1823 - 1905)

    Hoyos became Whitehead's son-in-law when he married Alice Whitehead. Hoyos purchased Whitehead's Fiume factory and renamed it Silifurico Whitehead.

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  • Gray, Edwyn, Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004. Details

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