John William Earnshaw (1900 - 1982) was a self-taught Australian engineer credited with many inventions.

Jackson was a self-taught engineer with a deep distrust of middle-class intellectuals, whom he blamed for the revisionism of the old party.

Mulholland, a self-taught engineer, was now laying the foundations that would transform Los Angeles into a modern metropolis.

A self-taught engineer, he joined Douglas Aircraft as a draftsman in 1926, but was laid off within a year.

A self-taught engineer, with his brother Charles he invented the first automobile speedometer, which made him rich.

"To me, the inventions come easy," said Holman, a 41-year-old self-taught engineer who got his start sweeping floors at machine shops, including a defense subcontractor's.

Born in London, Carden was a talented, self-taught engineer, with an ability to put his ideas to practical use.

He became a practical engineer, self-taught and driven by a self-described "bull-dog tenacity of purpose."

He was a self-taught engineer.

A self-taught engineer, he built the first prototype of the inclining chair.