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Thomas Newcomen
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English inventor, ironmonger and Baptist lay preacher (1664-1729)
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Thomas Newcomen was a British inventor, mechanic, and engineer. Born in Dartmouth in 1663 or 1664, he was a member of the Baptist faith and spoke English. He died in London on August 5, 1729, and was buried at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground. His works are held in the collection of The Henry Ford.
Newcomen is described in sources including The Nuttall Encyclopædia and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. He is listed on the Wikipedia vital articles focus list for Level 4.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Dartmouth
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- mechanic
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
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- Commons category
- Thomas Newcomen
- date of birth
- 1664-02-28
- date of death
- 1729-08-05
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- place of burial
- Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- has works in the collection
- The Henry Ford
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Encyclopedic overview
Animation of a schematic Newcomen engine.– Steam is shown pink and water is blue.– Valves move from open (green) to closed (red) Thomas Newcomen (/ˈnjuːkʌmən/; February 1664 – 5 August 1729) was an English inventor, creator of the atmospheric engine in 1712, Baptist preacher by calling and ironmonger by trade.
He was born in Dartmouth, in Devon, England, to a merchant family and baptized at St. Saviour's Church on 28 February 1664. In those days, flooding in coal and tin mines was a major problem. Newcomen was soon engaged in trying to improve ways to pump out the water from such mines. His ironmonger's business specialised in designing, manufacturing and selling tools for the mining industry.
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