James Starley: Quick Facts

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Born	April 21, 1830 • England
Died	June 17, 1881 (aged 51) • Coventry • England

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James Starley: “penny-farthing” bicycle

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Wilbur Wright

American aviator

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Orville Wright

American aviator

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Isaac Singer

American inventor

Bracket clock with oak case, ebony veneer, and gilt bronze mounts by Thomas Tompion, c. 1690; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Thomas Tompion

English clockmaker

George Stephenson

George Stephenson

English engineer and inventor

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William Richard Morris, Viscount Nuffield

British industrialist

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Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe

English lawyer and horologist

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Bryan Donkin

British industrialist

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Sir Alliott Verdon Roe

British aircraft designer

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Edward John Dent

British clockmaker

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William Greener

gunmaker and inventor

Whitworth, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist

Sir Joseph Whitworth, Baronet

British engineer

Arkwright, detail of an engraving by J. Jenkins after a portrait by Joseph Wright

Sir Richard Arkwright

British industrialist and inventor

John Harrison

John Harrison

British horologist

Mudge, Thomas

Thomas Mudge

British watchmaker

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Joseph Bramah

British inventor

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Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham

British inventor

Graham, George

George Graham

English watchmaker

William George Armstrong, c. 1870

William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong

British industrialist and engineer

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Sir Goldsworthy Gurney

English inventor