John Blenkinsop
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 193 years ago |
Born | Leeds |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | January 22,1831 |
Died | Leeds |
United Kingdom | |
Job | Engineer |
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Date of birth | January 1,1783 |
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ID | 439994 |
John Blenkinsop Life story
John Blenkinsop was an English mining engineer and an inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive. He was born in Felling, County Durham, the son of a stonemason and was apprenticed to his cousin, Thomas Barnes, a Northumberland coal viewer.