Thomas Russell Crampton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Russell Crampton

British engineer

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1816

Place of Birth: Broadstairs, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1888

Profession: businessperson, inventor, civil engineer

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Thomas Russell Crampton, MICE, MIMechE (6 August 1816 – 19 April 1888) was an English engineer born at Broadstairs, Kent, and trained on Brunel's Great Western Railway. He is best known for designing the Crampton locomotive but had many engineering interests including the electric telegraph and the Channel Tunnel for which he designed a boring machine.
His locomotives had much better success in France, Germany and Italy than they did in the UK.