Fleeming Jenkin

Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin FRS FRSE LLD (/ˈflɛmɪŋ/; 25 March 1833 – 12 June 1885) was Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, remarkable for his versatility. Known to the world as the inventor of the cable car or telpherage, he was an electrician and cable engineer, economist, lecturer, linguist, critic, actor, dramatist and artist. His descendants include the engineer Charles Frewen Jenkin and through him the Conservative MPs Patrick, Lord Jenkin of Roding and Bernard Jenkin.

Fleeming Jenkin
Born(1833-03-25)25 March 1833
Dungeness, Kent, England, UK
Died12 June 1885(1885-06-12) (aged 52)
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Known forTelpherage
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