This is a list of engineers and inventors from Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

John Arnold, watchmaker and pioneer of the marine chronometerJonathan Betts, ‘Arnold, John (1735/6–1799)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 William Bickford, inventor of the safety fuseRonald M. Birse, ‘Bickford, William (bap. 1774, d. 1834)’, rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Joseph Henry Collins, mining engineer, mineralogist and geologist Sir John Coode, civil engineerChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press William Cookworthy, discoverer of china clay (kaolinite) in Cornwall Winchester, Angus J. L. (2004) ‘Cookworthy, William (1705–1780)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Sir Humphry Davy, scientist, inventor and President of the Royal SocietyDavid Knight, ‘Davy, Sir Humphry, baronet (1778–1829)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 John Samuel Enys (1796 – 1872), mining engineer and scientist Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, inventor of limelightG. B. Smith, ‘Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy (1793–1875)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Jonathan Hornblower, inventor of the compound engine and the steam valve William Husband, civil and mechanical engineer Thomas Brown Jordan, engineerAnita McConnell, ‘Jordan, Thomas Brown (1807–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Michael Loam, inventor of the man engine Sir Thomas Matthews, civil engineer and builder of lighthouses William Murdoch, engineer, inventor and sometime Cornish residentJohn C. Griffiths, ‘Murdock, William (1754–1839)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Andrew Pears, inventor of transparent soap William Westcott Rundell, inventor and engineer from Falmouth Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistleCharles E. Lee, "Adrian Stephens, inventor of the steam whistle", in Transactions of the Newcomen Society, 163-73 Richard Tangye, engineerW. B. Owen, ‘Tangye, Sir Richard (1833–1906)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 John Taylor, inventor of the Cornish rollsEarl, Bryan (1994) Cornish Mining: the techniques of metal mining in the West of England, past and present; 2nd ed. St Austell: Cornish Hillside Publications Joseph Thomas, architect and civil engineer Joseph Treffry, engineer and industrialistJack Simmons, ‘Treffry, Joseph Thomas (bap. 1782, d. 1850)’, rev. Edmund Newell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Nov 2007 Henry Trengrouse, inventor of a rocket-powered maritime rescue systemPollard, A. F. (2004), ‘Trengrouse, Henry (1772–1854)’, rev. R. C. Cox, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Richard Trevithick, inventor, engineer and builder of the first steam locomotivePayton, Philip, ‘Trevithick, Richard (1771–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Robert Trewhella (1830-1909; :it:Robert Trewhella), railway engineer and contractorRe: Robert Trewhella, b 1836 - Zennor; GenForum Andrew Vivian, Trevithick's cousin and collaborator, and captain of Dolcoath MinePayton, Philip (2004), ‘Trevithick, Richard (1771–1833)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 16 Dec 2008 Arthur Woolf, inventor of the high pressure compound steam engine

See also

List of Cornish scientists and inventors

References