Richard Lathe

Richard Lathe

male
Richard Lathe is a molecular biologist and a former professor at the University of Strasbourg and Edinburgh University, where he worked for the...
Henry Maudslay

Henry Maudslay

male, deceased (1831)
Henry Maudslay was a British machine tool innovator, tool and die maker, and inventor. He is considered a founding father of machine tool technology.
James Fox

James Fox

male, deceased (1830)
James Fox,fl 1780-1830, machine tool maker, was originally a butler in the service of the Rev. Thomas Gisborne, of Foxhall Lodge, Staffordshire. He...
David J. Gingery

David J. Gingery

male
David J. Gingery was an inventor, writer, and machinist, best known for his series of books on how to build machine tools. Gingery is most famous...
Joseph Clement

Joseph Clement

male, deceased (1844)
Joseph Clement was a British engineer and industrialist. He was baptised Joseph Clemmet 13 June 1779 at Great Asby in Westmorland, the son of a...
Immanuel Nobel

Immanuel Nobel

male, deceased (1872)
Immanuel Nobel (1801-1872), Swedish engineer, architect, inventor and industrialist. He was the inventor of the rotary lathe used in plywood...
Theodorus Of Samos

Theodorus Of Samos

male
Theodorus of Samos (sometimes spelt Theodoras) was a Greek sculptor and architect of the sixth century BC who, along with Rhoecus, is often...

Simon Fairman

male, deceased (1857)
Simon Fairman (1792 - 1857) of West Stafford, Connecticut, invented the lathe chuck in 1830; his son-in-law, Austin F. Cushman invented the Cushman...
Austin F. Cushman

Austin F. Cushman

male, deceased (1914)
Austin F. Cushman (1830 - 1914) invented the self-centering Cushman Universal Chuck in 1862; his uncle, Simon Fairman, had previously invented the...
Hawk Littlejohn

Hawk Littlejohn

male, deceased (2000)
Hawk Littlejohn (b. June 12, 1941; d. December 14, 2000) was perhaps the greatest contemporary Native American flute maker. At the time of his...