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Bryan Donkin

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British civil engineer (1768-1855)

ScientistsLived 1768 to 1855 · aged 86
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Bryan Donkin FRS FRAS was a British civil engineer who developed the first paper making machine and created the world's first commercial canning factory. These were the basis for large industries that continue to flourish today.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Scientists born in the 1760s 6

Arthur Woolf41.3Stanisław Bonifacy Jundziłł41.1Johann Christian Mikan41.4Bernhard Meyer40.9Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer41.8Karl Ludwig Giesecke40.8

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Bryan Donkin FRS FRAS was a British civil engineer who developed the first paper making machine and created the world's first commercial canning factory. These were the basis for large industries that continue to flourish today. Bryan Donkin was involved with Thomas Telford's Caledonian Canal, Marc and Isambard Brunel's Thames Tunnel, and Charles Babbage's computer. He was an advisor to the government and held in high esteem by his peers.

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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1768 to 1855 · aged 86
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