Fleeming Jenkin

Scottish engineer (1833-1885) · Scientists · Died at 52

Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin FRS FRSE was a British engineer, inventor, economist, linguist, actor and dramatist known as the inventor of the cable car or telpherage. He was Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.

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Drawing of the first ever aerial tramway or telpher, designed and engineered by Fleeming Jenkin. It was installed in Glynde in Sussex in 1885 to transport clay, and was finished after Jenkin's death.

Plaque to Fleeming Jenkin, King's Buildings, Edinburgh

Awards

Keith Medal1877

Fellow of the Royal Society

Companion of the Order of the Bath

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

About this person

His descendants include the engineer Charles Frewen Jenkin and through him the Conservative MPs Patrick, Lord Jenkin of Roding and Bernard Jenkin.

Scientists born in the 1830s 6

Henry Charlton Bastian44.5 of 100

Richard Anthony Proctor44.3 of 100

Charles Baron Clarke44.5 of 100

Anton Joseph Kerner von Marilaun44.3 of 100

Robert Hartig44.5 of 100

Thomas George Montgomerie44.3 of 100