Born: 28-Feb-1663
Birthplace: Dartmouth, Devon, England
Died: 5-Aug-1729
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Inventor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Atmospheric steam engine

English engineer, one of the inventors of the steam engine, was born at Dartmouth in 1663. While employed as an ironmonger in his native town, he corresponded with Robert Hooke about the previous investigations of Denis Papin and the Marquis of Worcester as to the applicability of steam power for the purpose of driving machinery, and in conjunction with John Calley (or Cawley), said to have been a grazier or glazier in Dartmouth, and Captain Thomas Savery (1650?-1715), a military engineer, he constructed in 1705 a fire engine, now known as the "atmospheric steam engine." He died in 1729, probably in London.

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