Mining engineer at Charles Brandling’s Middleton Collieries who patented a rack and pinion system for a steam locomotive and commissioned the first practical railway locomotive from Fenton, Murray and Wood’s Round Foundry in Holbeck, Leeds in 1811.
John Carr
Prolific architect who worked mainly in the North of England, (1723–1807).
John Collier (caricaturist)
English caricaturist and satirical poet (1708–1786).
John Fian
School teacher convicted of witchcraft in 1590, a central figure in the North Berwick witch trials
John Frederick Bateman
English civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry.
John Greenwood
John Greenwood (1788–1851) was the keeper of a toll-gate in Pendleton on the Manchester to Liverpool turnpike, who In 1824 inaugurated the United Kingdom’s first omnibus service.
John Gregorson Campbell
Scottish folklorist and Free Church minister at the Tiree and Coll parishes in Argyll, Scotland.
John Grundy Limited
Company of heating engineers and ironfounders, started in Tyldesley, Lancashire in 1857.
John Hall-Edwards
British physician and pioneer in the medical use of X-rays in the United Kingdom.
John Henry Mole
English artist (1814–1886) who became a professional miniature painter in 1835, later focusing on landscapes and portraits of children.
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