Bryan Donkin

Developer

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Gender	Male
Death	169 years ago
Date of birth	March 22,1768
Zodiac sign	Aries
Born	Northumberland
	United Kingdom
Date of died	February 27,1855
Died	London
	United Kingdom
Resting place	Nunhead Cemetery
Children	John Donkin
Grandchildren	Bryan Donkin
Job	Adviser
	Civil engineer
Date of Reg.	2019-02-10 01:51:41
Date of Upd.	2023-07-15 11:40:16
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Bryan Donkin Life story

Bryan Donkin FRS FRAS developed the first paper making machine and created the world's first commercial canning factory. These were the basis for large industries that continue to flourish today.

What links Silicon Valley and tinned food?

Feb 16,2020 6:46 am

... More things that made the modern economy: Girard employed an English merchant to patent the idea on his behalf - a necessary subterfuge, as Britain was at war with Napoleon - and an engineer and serial entrepreneur, Bryan Donkin, bought the patent for the tidy sum of £1,000...