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Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet: Quick Facts

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Born August 24, 1816 • Bedlington • England
Died October 15, 1889 (aged 73) • near Windsor • England
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
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Matthew Murray
English engineer
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
British engineer
Thomas Savery's steam pump
Thomas Savery
British engineer and inventor
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William Hedley
British inventor
Frank Whittle
Sir Frank Whittle
British inventor and aviator
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Henry Maudslay
British engineer and inventor
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Sir John Isaac Thornycroft
British architect and engineer
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Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper
American inventor and manufacturer
John Stevens, oil on panel, attributed to John Trumbull; in the collection of the Stevens Institute of Technology
John Stevens
American inventor and lawyer
Karl Benz
Karl Benz
German engineer
William Murdock, bust by an unknown artist; in the Science Museum, London
William Murdock
Scottish inventor
Gottlieb Daimler
Gottlieb Daimler
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French engineer
Baldwin, Matthias William
Matthias William Baldwin
American manufacturer
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Nathan Read
American engineer and inventor
Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer
English inventor and engineer
Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
Sir William Siemens
German-born English engineer and inventor