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Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | ||||
was | Engineer | ||||
Work field | Engineering | ||||
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Birth | 21 July 1792 | ||||
Death | 4 April 1861London, UK (aged 68 years) | ||||
Star sign | Cancer | ||||
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Biography
Sir James Caleb Anderson, 1st Baronet (21 July 1782 – 4 April 1861), was an inventor.
Biography
James Anderson was the eldest son of John Anderson, the founder of Fermoy, by his second wife, Elizabeth, the only daughter of Mr. James Semple, of Waterford. He was created a baronet on 22 March 1813, of Fermoy in the County of Cork, for the great public services rendered to Ireland by his father. Sir James was a celebrated experimentalist in steam-coaching, and took out various patents for his inventions. He lodged specifications in 1831 for "improvements in machinery for propelling vessels on water", in 1837 for "improvements in locomotive engines", and in 1846 for "certain improvements in obtaining motive power, and in applying it to propel carriages and vessels, and to the driving of machinery". He died in London 4 April 1861.
Family
By his marriage, in 1815, with Caroline, fourth daughter of Mr. Robert Shaw, of Dublin, he had two sons (both of whom died unmarried) and six daughters. As he left no male issue, the baronetcy became extinct.