Jonathan Hornblower (1717)
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Jonathan Hornblower was an English
pioneer of steam power, the son of Joseph Hornblower
and brother of Josiah Hornblower
, two fellow steam pioneers.
Jonathan was born in Staffordshire in 1717, the eldest of the four children of steam pioneer Joseph and Rebecca (née Haywood) Hornblower. Joseph Hornblower was an installer of Newcomen steam engines in the Cornish tinmines and taught his children the same trade. Jonathan eventually took over from his father around 1740 and moved to live and work in Cornwall, where he built and installed Newcomen engines at several mines.
He married Ann Carter of Broseley, Staffordshire, a lawyer's daughter, on July 16 1843 and fathered 13 children, all given biblical names beginning with J. Both Jabez Carter Hornblower
and Jonathan Hornblower Jnr
were to continue the family's steam engineering tradition. Jonathan Snr died in Cornwall on Dec 7th, 1788.
England
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pioneer of steam power, the son of Joseph Hornblower
Joseph Hornblower
Joseph Hornblower was an English engineer, a pioneer of steam power.In 1725 he was engaged to install a Newcomen engine at Wheal Rose, near Truro. He settled in Salem, Cornwall in 1748....
and brother of Josiah Hornblower
Josiah Hornblower
Josiah Hornblower was an English engineer and statesman in America Belleville, New Jersey. He was a delegate for New Jersey in the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786.-Engineering career :...
, two fellow steam pioneers.
Jonathan was born in Staffordshire in 1717, the eldest of the four children of steam pioneer Joseph and Rebecca (née Haywood) Hornblower. Joseph Hornblower was an installer of Newcomen steam engines in the Cornish tinmines and taught his children the same trade. Jonathan eventually took over from his father around 1740 and moved to live and work in Cornwall, where he built and installed Newcomen engines at several mines.
He married Ann Carter of Broseley, Staffordshire, a lawyer's daughter, on July 16 1843 and fathered 13 children, all given biblical names beginning with J. Both Jabez Carter Hornblower
Jabez Carter Hornblower
Jabez Carter Hornblower was an English pioneer of steam power, the son of Jonathan Hornblower.Jabez Carter Hornblower was born in Broseley, Staffordshire, England on 21 May 1744, the eldest child of steam engineer Jonathan and Ann Carter Hornblower. He gained his engineering skills working for his...
and Jonathan Hornblower Jnr
Jonathan Hornblower
Jonathan Hornblower was a British pioneer of steam power, the son of Jonathan Hornblower and brother of Jabez Carter Hornblower, two fellow pioneers....
were to continue the family's steam engineering tradition. Jonathan Snr died in Cornwall on Dec 7th, 1788.
External links
- The First American Steam Engine
- Richard L. Hills, ‘Hornblower, Jonathan (1717–1780)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
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