Alexander Cumming FRSE was a Scottish watchmaker and instrument inventor, who was the first to patent a design of the flush toilet in 1775, which had been pioneered by Sir John Harington, but without solving the problem of foul smells. Wikipedia
Born: 1733, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Died: March 8, 1814 (age 81 years), Pentonville, London, United Kingdom
Children: James Cumming