Edmund Hugh Hodgkinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edmund Hugh Hodgkinson

British inventer

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1857

Place of Birth: Marylebone, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1943

Profession: engineer, inventor

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Edmund Hugh Hodgkinson (23 November 1857 – 16 October 1943) was a British bicycle inventor who in 1896 patented the Gradient three-speed gear changing system, one of the very earliest proposals for a derailleur.
Hodgkinson was born in Marylebone to Sir George Edmund Hodgkinson, a shipbuilder, and Ellen Hodgkinson.