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Sadler, (William) Windham (1796–1824), balloonist and gas engineer  

H. S. Torrens

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Sadler, (William) Windham (1796–1824), balloonist and gas engineer, was born on 17 October 1796 at 10 Stafford Row, Pimlico, London, the fourth, but second surviving, son of James Sadler (bap. 1753, d. 1828), first English-born aeronaut, and his second wife, Martha Hancock. William...

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Stephenson, George (1781–1848)  

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George Stephenson (1781–1848) by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, pubd 1849 (after John Lucas, 1847) © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Stephenson, George (1781–1848), colliery and railway engineer  

M. W. Kirby

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Stephenson, George (1781–1848), colliery and railway engineer, was born at Wylam, 8 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne in the county of Northumberland, on 9 June 1781. He was the second son of Robert Stephenson, foreman at the Wylam colliery pumping engine. His mother, ...