Category: English Inventors

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Person Profiles (102)

A

Thomas Allbutt 20 Jul 1836 Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England - 22 Feb 1925

Fullerton Armstrong 09 Apr 1885 Bewcastle, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom - 30 Jul 1969

James Atkinson 1849 Heckmondike,Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 1942

B

John Barber 1734 Nottinghamshire, England - 1801

Richard Beard 22 Dec 1801 East Stonehouse, Devon, England - 07 Jun 1885

Henry Bessemer 19 Jan 1813 Charlton, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 15 Mar 1898

Matthew Boulton 03 Sep 1728 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England - 17 Aug 1809

Isidore Bourke 13 Oct 1874 Barrackpore, West Bengal, India - 1943

Daniel Bourn abt 1720 Lancashire, England

John Brodie abt 05 Jun 1858 Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom - abt 16 Nov 1934

Samuel Brown 1773 London, England - 16 Sep 1849

Edwin Budding 1796 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England - 1846

C

Edmund Cartwright 13 Apr 1743 Marnham Nottinghamshire England - 30 Oct 1823

George Cayley 27 Dec 1773 Brompton, Yorkshire, England - 15 Dec 1857

Christopher Cockerell 04 Jun 1910 Wayside, Cavendish Avenue, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England - 01 Jun 1999

Cowper Coles 09 Jul 1819 Buriton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Sep 1870

William Cooke 04 May 1806 Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Jun 1879

George Crammond 19 Sep 1843 Islington, Middlesex, England - 1894

Samuel Crompton 03 Dec 1753 10 Firwood Fold, Bolton, Lancashire, England - 26 Jun 1827

D

Erasmus Darwin 12 Dec 1731 Elston, Nottinghamshire, England - 18 Apr 1802

Charles Deane abt 06 Sep 1796 England - 07 Nov 1848

John Deane 06 Apr 1800 Deptford, Kent, England - 09 Jul 1884

Geoffrey de Havilland 27 Jul 1882 Magdala House, Terriers, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England - 21 May 1965

F

Joseph Foljambe abt 1700

John Furley 19 Mar 1836 Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 27 Sep 1919

G

Humphrey Gainsborough bef 15 Apr 1718 Sudbury, Suffolk, England - 23 Aug 1776

James Gale 11 Aug 1833 Crabtree, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 12 Feb 1907

Frederic Gisborne abt 08 Mar 1824 Broughton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Aug 1892

Joseph Glass abt 1791 Colchester, Essex, England - 29 Dec 1867

Richard Gower bef 26 Nov 1767 Chelmsford, Essex, England - abt Jul 1833

Albert Gray 09 Jul 1879 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

William (Green) Friese-Greene 07 Sep 1855 Bristol, England, United Kingdom - 05 May 1921

Herbert Gresley 19 Jun 1876 Edinburgh, Scotland - 05 Apr 1941

Maurice Grosse 06 Mar 1919 Hackney, London, England - 14 Oct 2006

Goldsworthy Gurney 14 Feb 1793 Padstow, Cornwall, England - 28 Feb 1875

H

William Hale 21 Oct 1797 Colchester, Essex, England - 30 Mar 1870

Joseph Hall 1789 - 1862

William Harbutt 13 Feb 1844 North Shields, Northumberland, England - 01 Jun 1921

John Harington 1560 London, England - 20 Nov 1612

William Hedley 13 Jul 1779 Newburn, Northumberland, England - 09 Jan 1843

Harry Hemming 12 Oct 1870 Leamington, Warwickshire, England - 01 Dec 1920

Thomas Highs 1718 Leigh, Lancashire, England - 13 Dec 1803

Rowland Hill 03 Dec 1795 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England - 27 Aug 1879

John Holmes 06 Jun 1857 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England - 27 Apr 1935

Frank Hornby 15 May 1863 Copperas Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 21 Sep 1936

Joseph Hudson 1847 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 03 Feb 1930

Cyril Hunnikin 21 May 1912 West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 15 Jul 1994

Benjamin Huntsman 04 Jun 1704 Epworth, Lincolnshire, England - 20 Jun 1776

I

Edward Inglefield 10 Apr 1861 Wavertree, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jul 1945

J

Joshua Jenour 1755 Fleet St, London, England - 23 Jan 1853

George Jobson bef 28 Sep 1832 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

K

John Kay 17 Jun 1704 Bury, Lancashire, England - abt 1779

Robert Kay 03 Jul 1728 Bury, Lancashire, England - 1802

John Kelsey abt 1817 Daventry, Northamptonshire, England - 07 Feb 1890

L

William Lee abt 1563 Calverton, Nottinghamshire, England. - abt 1610

Wilfred Lunn 20 Mar 1942 Rastrick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 13 Dec 2023

M

George Manby 28 Nov 1765 Denver, Norfolk, England - 18 Nov 1854

Phoebe (Marks) Ayrton 28 Apr 1854 Portsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Aug 1923

Harry Matthews 17 Mar 1880 Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Sep 1941

Henry Maudslay 22 Aug 1771 Woolwich, Kent, England - 14 Feb 1831

Samuel Morland abt 1625 Sulhamstead, Berkshire, England - 26 Dec 1695

Henry Moule 27 Jan 1801 Melksham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 1880

Matthew Murray 1765 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England - 20 Feb 1826

N

Robert Norton 24 May 1929 St Pancras, London, England - 08 Mar 2001

O

Alfred Oxford 1858 Burton on Trent St Modwen, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 18 Jun 1923

P

Thomas Parker 22 Dec 1843 Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom - 05 Dec 1915

Alexander Parkes 29 Dec 1813 Suffolk Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England - 29 Jun 1890

Lewis Paul Lichfield, Staffordshire, England - 1759

Hugh Plat bef 03 May 1552 London, England - bef 01 Nov 1608

P cont.

James Prisley 21 Dec 1834 Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Apr 1899

James Puckle 1667 Norwich, Norfolk, England - 26 Jul 1724

R

Robert Ransome bef 08 Feb 1753 Wells next the Sea, Norfolk, England - 07 Mar 1830

Alec Reeves 10 Mar 1902 Redhill, Surrey, England - 13 Oct 1971

David Reid 1805 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

William Reynolds 14 Apr 1758 Ketley Bank, Shropshire, England - 03 Jun 1803

James Robinson 1884 Seghill, Northumberland, England - 21 Oct 1956

John Roebuck bef 17 Sep 1718 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England - 17 Jul 1794

John Rowning abt 1699 Ashby-with-Fenby, Lincolnshire, England - abt Nov 1771

S

Robert Salmon abt 1763 Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England - 06 Oct 1821

Henry Shrapnel 03 Jun 1761 Midway Manor, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England - 13 Mar 1842

John Smeaton 08 Jun 1724 Austhorpe, Yorkshire, England - 28 Oct 1792

John Starley 24 Dec 1855 Walthamstow St Mary, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 29 Oct 1901

George Stephenson 09 Jun 1781 Wylam, Northumberland, England - 12 Aug 1848

Robert Stephenson 16 Oct 1803 Willington Quay, Northumberland, England - 12 Oct 1859

Joseph Swan 31 Oct 1828 Pallion Hall, Sunderland, Durham, UK - 27 May 1914

T

William Talbot 11 Feb 1800 Melbury Sampford, Dorset, England - 17 Sep 1877

Charles Townshend 18 Apr 1674 Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England - 21 Jun 1738

Henry Trengrouse 18 Mar 1772 Helston, Cornwall, England - 1854

Richard Trevithick 13 Apr 1771 Illogan, Cornwall, England - 22 Apr 1833

Jethro Tull 30 Mar 1674 Basildon, Berkshire, England - 21 Feb 1741

Ralph Tweddell 25 May 1843 South Shields, Durham, England - 03 Sep 1895

Thomas Twyford 23 Sep 1849 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 21 Mar 1921

W

Barnes Wallis 26 Sep 1887 Ripley, Derbyshire, England - 30 Oct 1979

Frederick Walton 13 Mar 1834 Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 16 May 1928

James Walton 15 Apr 1803 Ripponden, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 05 Nov 1883

James Watt 19 Jan 1736 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 25 Aug 1819

Charles Wheatstone 06 Feb 1802 Barnwood, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 19 Oct 1875

Robert Whitehead 03 Jan 1823 Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 14 Nov 1905

Frank Whittle 01 Jun 1907 Earlsdon, Coventry, Warwickshire, England - 09 Aug 1996

Harry Wimperis 27 Aug 1876 Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 16 Jul 1960

James Wyatt 03 Aug 1746 Blackbrook Farm, Weeford, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England - bef 04 Sep 1813

John Wyatt Apr 1700 Lichfield, Staffordshire, England - 29 Nov 1766

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