May births

• May 31 - Edward Pease
  Edward Pease (1767-1858)
  Edward Pease , a woollen manufacturer from Darlington, England, was the main promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which opened in 1825.-Background and education:...
  
  , first owner of the Stockton and Darlington Railway
  Stockton and Darlington Railway
  The Stockton and Darlington Railway , which opened in 1825, was the world's first publicly subscribed passenger railway. It was 26 miles long, and was built in north-eastern England between Witton Park and Stockton-on-Tees via Darlington, and connected to several collieries near Shildon...
  
  (died 1858).