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Facts

Born c.1650 • England
Died 1715 • London • England

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Thomas Savery's steam pump
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William Froude
British engineer
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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Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet
British engineer
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Matthew Murray
English engineer
William Murdock, bust by an unknown artist; in the Science Museum, London
William Murdock
Scottish inventor
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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
French engineer
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Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer
English inventor and engineer
Frank Whittle
Sir Frank Whittle
British inventor and aviator
Matthew Boulton, detail of an engraving by William Sharp after a portrait by William Beachey, 18th century
Matthew Boulton
British engineer and manufacturer
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
British engineer
John Kay, detail of a lithograph by Madeley
John Kay
British engineer and inventor
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Thomas Newcomen
British engineer and inventor
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Henry Maudslay
British engineer and inventor
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Joseph Bramah
British inventor
William George Armstrong, c. 1870
William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong
British industrialist and engineer
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Sir Arthur Percy Morris Fleming
British engineer
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Samuel Hall
British engineer
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Sir John Isaac Thornycroft
British architect and engineer

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