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{{Infobox scientist | image = | image_size = | caption = Joseph Hartley Wicksteed | birth_date = 12 September 1842 | death_date = 1919 | birth_place = [[Leeds]], [[England]] | death_place = | workplaces = [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] | alma_mater = [[Ruthin School|Ruthyn Grammar School]] | children = | field = [[Mechanical Engineering]] | awards = | occupation = Mechanical Engineer | spouse = }} '''Joseph Hartley Wicksteed''' (12 September 1842 – 1919) was an [[United Kingdom|English]] mechanical engineer and businessman.
== Early life and education ==
He was born on 12th September 1842 in [[Leeds]], [[England]], and was educated at [[Ruthin School|Ruthyn Grammar School]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=1903-1904: Joseph Hartley Wicksteed |url=https://archives.imeche.org/archive/institution-history/president-gallery/593815-1903-1904-joseph-hartley-wicksteed |website=Institution of Mechanical Engineers}}</ref>
== Career ==
He was an apprentice mechanist at the Joshua Buckton and Co. Well House Foundry in Leeds, where he eventually became chief designer and a partner in the business. After Joshua Buckton's retirement, Wicksteed became the head of the company.<ref name=":0" /> From 1903–1904, Wicksteed was President of the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]].<ref name=":0" /> He is credited with the invention of several devices, including lever testing machines, specialty drills, and other industrial appliances.<ref name=":0" />
== Bibliography ==
He is the author of a number of books:
* '' William Blake's Jerusalem''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wicksteed |first=Joseph Hartley |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/William_Blake_s_Jerusalem/8EdaAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=inauthor:%22Joseph%20Hartley%20Wicksteed%22 |title=William Blake's Jerusalem |date=1954 |publisher=Trianon Press}}</ref>
* '' Blake's Innocence and Experience''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wicksteed |first=Joseph H. |url=https://archive.org/details/blakesinnocencee0000jose/page/n3/mode/2up |title=Blake's Innocence and Experience: A study of the songs and manuscripts "shewing the two contrary states of the human soul" |date=1928 |publisher=E.P. Dutton & Co. |location=New York}}</ref>
* '' Blake's Vision of the Book of Job''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wicksteed |first=Joseph Hartley |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000475779 |title=Blake's Vision of the Book of Job |date=1924 |publisher=J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. |location=London}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Charles Wicksteed (engineer)]]
* [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]]
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* https://archives.imeche.org/archive/institution-history/president-gallery/593815-1903-1904-joseph-hartley-wicksteed
* https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Joseph_Hartley_Wicksteed
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