Kirkpatrick Macmillan

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Scottish inventor of the bicycle (1812-1878)

ScientistsLived 1812 to 1878 · aged 65

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Kirkpatrick Macmillan was a Scottish blacksmith. Though there is no direct, corroborating evidence, he is generally credited with inventing the treadle bicycle.

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Macmillan 1839

Thomas McCall's first (top) and improved velocipede from The English Mechanic of 1869 - the first rear-wheel pedalled bicycle according to some historians

Scientists born in the 1810s 6

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Kirkpatrick Macmillan

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