Sir Joseph Whitworth, 1st Baronet, was an English engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist.
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- Wikipedia 'Joseph Whitworth': infobox birth_date, checked 2026-09-27
In Field: Mechanical Engineering, Categories
English mechanical engineers
In Group: Firearm and Weapon Designers, Introduction
Whitworth also created the Whitworth rifle, often called the "sharpshooter" because of its accuracy, which is considered one of the earliest examples of a sniper rifle, used by some Confederate forces during the American Civil war.
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