institutions death_date death_place birth_place significant_advance nationality discipline birth_date image article_title education name
institution of civil engineers 14 january 1955 croydon , england gloucester , england invented vacuum cleaner british civil engineer 4 july 1871 hubert cecil booth.jpg hubert cecil booth
 city and guilds institute , london hubert cecil booth
hubert cecil booth

hubert cecil booth -lrb- 4 july 1871 -- 14 january 1955 -rrb- was a british engineer who invented the first powered vacuum cleaner .
he also designed ferris wheels , suspension bridges and factories .
later he became chairman and managing director of the british vacuum cleaner and engineering co. .
