About Joseph Hornblower
Lived 1696 – 1762 (aged 65–66). Joseph Hornblower was an engineer.
Joseph Hornblower (1696? – 1762) was an English engineer, a pioneer of steam power.
Biography Joseph Hornblower was born in 1696 in Staffordshire, England.
In 1725 he was engaged to install a Newcomen engine at Wheal Rose, near Truro. He settled in Salem, Cornwall in 1748.
Jonathan Hornblower and Josiah Hornblower were his sons by his first wife Rebecca Haywood whom he married in Netherton, Worcestershire in 1716. He died in Bristol, having had 7 sons and a daughter altogether by his two wives.
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Who was Joseph Hornblower?
British engineer
When was Joseph Hornblower born?
Joseph Hornblower was born in 1696.
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Joseph Hornblower died in 1762.
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Joseph Hornblower was an engineer.
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