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Fleeming Jenkin

Scottish engineer (1833-1885)

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About Fleeming Jenkin

Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin FRS FRSE was a British engineer, inventor, economist, linguist, actor and dramatist known as the inventor of the cable car or telpherage. He was Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. His descendants include the engineer Charles Frewen Jenkin and through him the Conservative MPs Patrick, Lord Jenkin of Roding and Bernard Jenkin.

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linguist, engineer, businessperson, playwright

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Regius Professor of Engineering

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Born

March 25, 1833

Died

June 12, 1885

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