Fleeming Jenkin
(1833-1885)
man
Died aged c. 52
Wikidata WikipediaHenry 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.
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In Honor of Fleeming Jenkin 1833-1885. First regius chair of engineering in the UK, bestowed on this University in 1868.
Sanderson Building, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom where they was