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Dugald Clerk

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British engineer (1854-1932)

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Sir Dugald Clerk KBE, LLD FRS was a Scottish engineer who designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine in 1878 and patented it in England in 1881. He was a graduate of Anderson's University in Glasgow, and Yorkshire College, Leeds.

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Sir Dugald Clerk's two-cycle engineSir Dugald Clerk's two-cycle engineClerk describes his experiments with the Brayton engine 1878Clerk describes his experiments with the Brayton engine 1878

Awards 4

1924Royal Medal
1922Albert Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Sir Dugald Clerk KBE, LLD FRS was a Scottish engineer who designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine in 1878 and patented it in England in 1881. He was a graduate of Anderson's University in Glasgow, and Yorkshire College, Leeds. He formed the intellectual property firm with George Croydon Marks, called Marks & Clerk. He was knighted on 24 August 1917.

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United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1854 to 1932 · aged 78
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