Robert Davidson
British inventor, built first electric locomotive (1804-1894) · Scientists · Died at 90
Robert Davidson was a Scottish inventor who built the first known electric four wheeled car in 1839 and in 1842 the first known electric locomotive. He was a lifelong resident of Aberdeen, northeast Scotland, where he was a prosperous chemist and dyer, amongst other ventures.
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Davidson was educated at Marischal College, where he studied second and third year classes from 1819-1821, including lectures from Professor Patrick Copland. He got this education in return for being a lab assistant.
