Sir Cornelius Vermuyden: Quick Facts

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Born	1595 • Netherlands
Died	April 1683? • London • England

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Sir Christopher Cockerell

British inventor

Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.

Richard Trevithick

British engineer and inventor

George Stephenson

George Stephenson

English engineer and inventor

Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann

Sir William Siemens

German-born English engineer and inventor

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

British engineer

Frank Whittle

Sir Frank Whittle

British inventor and aviator

Robert William Thomson, Scottish inventor; engraving after a photograph, 1873.

Robert William Thomson

Scottish engineer and entrepreneur

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Simon van der Meer

Dutch physicist

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Sir Charles Algernon Parsons

British engineer

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Osborne Reynolds

British engineer and physicist

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Adam Clark

British civil engineer

Difference Engine

Joseph Clement

British engineer

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Thomas Newcomen

British engineer and inventor

Mini

Sir Alec Issigonis

British automobile designer

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Henry Maudslay

British engineer and inventor

George Barnes, detail of an oil sketch by Sir James Guthrie; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

George Nicoll Barnes

British labor leader

Bailey bridge

Sir Donald Coleman Bailey

British engineer

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Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet

British engineer

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Sir John Isaac Thornycroft

British architect and engineer

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Sir Chester Beatty

British engineer