1771 - 1833
Richard Trevithick British Explorer
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| First Name |
Richard
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| Last Name |
Trevithick
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| Birthday |
13th April, 1771
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| Birthplace |
Illogan, Cornwall, England
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| Died |
22nd April, 1833
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| Place of Death |
Dartford, Kent, England
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Explorer
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Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall, England, UK. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. He performed poorly in school, but went on to be an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport. His most significant contribution was the development of the first high-pressure steam engine. He also built the first working railway steam locomotive. The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place on 21 February 1804, when Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
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