# John Birkinshaw

> John Birkinshaw (1777–1842) was an English railway engineer from Bedlington, Northumberland, noted for his invention of wrought iron rails in 1820.

*19th-century British civil engineer*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1781
- **Died:** 1845
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 36.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 4.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 35.0 / 100

## Sources
- [John Birkinshaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birkinshaw)
- [John Birkinshaw](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birkinshaw)
- [John Birkinshaw](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birkinshaw)
- [John Birkinshaw](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birkinshaw)
- [Бёркиншоу, Джон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%BE%D1%83%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1101236)

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