Joseph Bramah was an English inventor and locksmith. He is best known for having improved the flush toilet and inventing the hydraulic press. Along with William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, he can be considered one of the two fathers of... Wikipedia
Born: April 13, 1748, Stainborough, United Kingdom
Died: December 9, 1814 (age 66 years), Pimlico, London, United Kingdom
Books: A Dissertation on the Construction of Locks: Containing, First - Reasons and Observations, ... Secondly - a Specification of a Lock, ... By Joseph Bramah and A Dissertation on the Construction of Locks: Containing, First, Reasons and Observations, Demonstrating All Locks, which Depend on Fixed Wards, to be Erroneous in Principle, and Defective in Point of Security : Secondly, a Specification of a Lock, Constructed on a New and Infallible Principle, Which, Possessing All the Properties Essential to Security, Will Prevent the Most Ruinous Consequences of House Robberies, and be a Certain Protection Against Thieves of All Descriptions
Grandchild: Mary Anne Bramah
Children: Edward Bramah