Goldsworthy Gurney
✓ Source-basedstableSurgeon, chemist, lecturer, consultant, architect, builder, gentleman scientist, inventor (1793-1875)
ScientistsLived 1793 to 1875 · aged 82
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Sir Goldsworthy Gurney was a British surgeon, chemist, architect, builder, lecturer and consultant. He was a prototypical British gentleman scientist and inventor of the Victorian era.
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Lecture Hall of the Surrey Institution; Gurney was appointed lecturer here in 1822
The Castle, Bude - slightly extended since Gurney's time
Gurney's Castle
Replica Bude-Light in Trafalgar Square, with police station built into the base
Promotional 1827 image by George Morton of Gurney's steam coach, This print is an 1828 reissue.
Plan and elevation of the machinery of Gurney's steam coach, from Alexander Gordon's Elemental Locomotion, 1834
Views of Gurney's steam coach from Das Ausland of 11&12 January 1828 showing cranked drive to rear axle as well as propellersAwards 1
Scientists born in the 1790s 6
About this person
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1793 to 1875 · aged 82
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