Thomas Parker (engineer)
Thomas Parker (born December 22, 1843 in Coalbrookdale , † December 5, 1915 in Ironbridge ) was a British engineer and designer . In addition to the German inventor Andreas Flocken , he is named as the inventor of the electric car .
Life
In 1862 Parker moved to Birmingham , later after his marriage to Manchester and in 1867 to Coalbrookdale. In 1882 Parker moved to Wolverhampton and founded the Elwell-Parker Company with Paul Bedford Elwell (1853–1899) . In Wolverhampton he produced accumulators and from 1883 dynamos. In the late 1880s, he produced the first prototypes of electric cars. In 1892 he took part as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the British elections, in which he lost to the politician Alexander Staveley Hill . In 1894 he left the Elwell-Parker Company and founded Thomas Parker Ltd. in Wolverhampton, which produced electronic accessories. In 1899 he moved to London and became an advisor to the Metropolitan Railway . Parker invented the smokeless fuel Coalite in 1904 . Parker was married to Jane Gibbons from 1866 and had twelve children.
In 1892 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ HistoryWebsite.uk: Thomas Parker
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed March 27, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Parker, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coalbrookdale , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1915 |
| Place of death | Ironbridge , UK |