John Kemp Starley

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John Kemp Starley was a pioneering English inventor and bicycle manufacturer best known for developing the modern safety bicycle design that revolutionized personal transportation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English person
bicycle manufacturer
human
causeOfDeath illness
coFounderOf Starley & Sutton Company NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1854-12-14
dateOfDeath 1901-10-29
designed Rover Safety Bicycle NERFINISHED
Rover bicycle NERFINISHED
employer Starley & Sutton Company NERFINISHED
era Victorian era
familyName Starley NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork bicycle design
mechanical engineering
founded Starley & Sutton Company NERFINISHED
fullName John Kemp Starley NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName John NERFINISHED
headquartersLocationOfFoundedCompany Coventry NERFINISHED
influenced Rover Company NERFINISHED
development of the modern bicycle
innovation bicycle with two wheels of equal size
chain-driven rear-wheel safety bicycle
low-center-of-gravity bicycle frame
introduced Rover Safety Bicycle NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
legacy considered the father of the modern bicycle
middleName Kemp NERFINISHED
notableFor development of the modern safety bicycle
revolutionizing personal transportation with the safety bicycle
notableWork Rover Safety Bicycle NERFINISHED
occupation bicycle manufacturer
inventor
placeOfBirth England
Essex NERFINISHED
Walthamstow NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Coventry NERFINISHED
England
Warwickshire NERFINISHED
relative James Starley NERFINISHED
residence Coventry NERFINISHED
uncle James Starley NERFINISHED
yearOfInvention 1885

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Rover foundedBy John Kemp Starley