William Bridges Adams

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William Bridges Adams

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Birthplace: Woore, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: July 23, 1872 (74-75)
Broadstairs, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Husband of Elizabeth Bridges Adams; Sarah Fuller Adams and Ellen Bridges Adams
Father of William Alexander Bridges Adams; Walter Bridges-Adams and M.D. Hope Bridges Adams

Occupation: author, inventor, railway engineer
Managed by: Alek Josefowicz
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About William Bridges Adams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bridges_Adams#Personal_life

William Bridges Adams (1797 – 23 July 1872) was an English author, inventor and locomotive engineer. He is best known for his patented Adams axle — a successful radial axle design in use on railways in Britain until the end of steam traction in 1968 — and the railway fishplate. His writings, including English Pleasure Carriages (1837) and Roads and Rails (1862) covered all forms of land transport. Later he became a noted writer on political reform, under the pen name Junius Redivivus (Junius reborn); a reference to a political letter writer of the previous century.

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William Bridges Adams's Timeline

1797
1797
Woore, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
1821
1821
Valparaíso, Valparaíso Province, Valparaiso Region, Chile
1855
December 16, 1855
Upper Halliford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
1872
July 23, 1872
Age 75
Broadstairs, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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