John Boyd Dunlop
1840-1921
Inventor of the pneumatic tires (patented in 1888). Dunlop first began manufacturing tires for bicycles in 1900, but soon began producing tires for automobiles (1906). To pr...
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John B. Dunlop was born in Aryshire, Scotland. After completing his schooling, Dunlop practiced as a veterinary surgeon first in Edinburgh, Scotland, and then in Belfast, Ireland. In 1887 Dunlop was a...
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