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Fleeming Jenkin

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Scottish engineer (1833-1885)

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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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1877Keith Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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

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Lived 1833 to 1885 · aged 52
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