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Name: James Starley
Birth Date: April 21, 1831
Death Date: June 17, 1881
Place of Birth: Albourne, England
Place of Death: Coventry, England
Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupations: inventor

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James Starley (1831-1881) was an inventor and manufacturer who is widely considered to be the father of the bicycle industry. His inventions and refinements made the bicycle practical for widespread use. Starley also contributed to the improvement of...


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As a teenager, James Starley ran away from his parents' Sussex farm to Lewisham. With the industrial revolution in full swing the quiet farm life was not for him and his head seems to have been bursting with mechanical ideas. Initially, he worked as a...


 

James Starley

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