[ ... ] is actually long dead: he is Mr John Kemp Starley, who helped invent the modern bicycle. Maybe he is of interest because Team GB did so well at the ... more
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Inspirational Locals XIX - John Kemp Starley
@ 2010-01-31 – 21:17:09
John Kemp Starley was born in Walthamstow in 1854, the son of a gardener. In 1872, at the age of 22, he moved to Coventry to work with his uncle, James … more