# Robert Davidson

> Robert Davidson was a Scottish inventor who built the first known electric four wheeled car in 1839 and in 1842 the first known electric locomotive.
He was a lifelong resident of Aberdeen, northeast Scotland, where he was a prosperous chemist and dyer, amongst other ventures. Davidson was educated at Marischal College, where he studied second and third year classes from 1819-1821, including lectures from Professor Patrick Copland. He got this education in return for being a lab assistant.

*British inventor, built first electric locomotive (1804–1894)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1804-04-18
- **Died:** 1894-11-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2156853)

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