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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1840-02-05 ) 5 February 1840, Dreghorn , Ayrshire (now North Ayrshire ), Scotland
- Died
- 23 October 1921 (1921-10-23) (aged 81), Dublin , Ireland
- Resting place
- Dean's Grange Cemetery
- Alma mater
- University of Edinburgh
- Known for
- Development of the pneumatic tyre Co-founder of the original Dunlop Rubber
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Dunlop
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dreghorn
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Occupation
- veterinarian
- Educated at
- University of Edinburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- veterinarian
- Image
- John Boyd Dunlop.jpg
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- place of burial
- Deans Grange Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1840-02-05
- date of death
- 1921-10-23
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- John Boyd Dunlop
- name in native language
- John Boyd Dunlop
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Encyclopedic overview
John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) was a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent most of his career in Ireland. Familiar with making rubber devices, he invented the practical pneumatic tyres for his child's tricycle and developed them for use in cycle racing. He sold his rights to the pneumatic tyres to a company he formed with the president of the Irish Cyclists' Association, Harvey du Cros, for a small cash sum and a small shareholding in their pneumatic tyre business. Dunlop withdrew in 1896. The company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company, was not incorporated until later and, despite its name, was Du Cros's creation.
Veterinary practice
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