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Born August 22, 1788 • England
Died January 28, 1829 (aged 40) • London • England
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Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
Richard Trevithick
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George Stephenson
George Stephenson
British inventor
Frank Whittle
Sir Frank Whittle
British inventor and aviator
Thomas Newcomen
British engineer and inventor
Henry Maudslay
British engineer and inventor
Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet
British engineer
Sir John Isaac Thornycroft
British architect and engineer
Sir Henry Christopher Mance
British scientist
Sir Randal Cremer.
Sir Randal Cremer
British labor leader
Sir Samuel Bentham
British engineer
Sir Christopher Cockerell
British inventor
Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer
English inventor and engineer
Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
Sir William Siemens
British inventor
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Robert William Thomson, Scottish inventor; engraving after a photograph, 1873.
Robert William Thomson
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Sir Cornelius Vermuyden
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Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
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Matthew Boulton, detail of an engraving by William Sharp after a portrait by William Beachey, 18th century
Matthew Boulton
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Osborne Reynolds
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Adam Clark
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