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Dugald Clerk
Scottish engineer (–)
Sir Dugald Clerk | |
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Born | ()31 March Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Died | 12 November () (aged78) Ewhurst, England, UK |
Nationality | Scottish |
Citizenship | British |
Occupation | Engineer |
Knownfor | Designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine |
Sir Dugald Clerk (sometimes written as Dugald Clark) KBE, LLD FRS[1] (, Glasgow – , Ewhurst, Surrey) was a Scottish engineer who designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine[2][3] in [4] and patented it in England in He was a graduate of Anderson's University in Glasgow (now the University of Strathclyde), and Yorkshire College, Leeds (now the University of Leeds).
He formed the intellectual property firm with George Croydon Marks, called Marks & Clerk. He was knighted on 24 August [5]
Life
Dugald Clerk was born in Glasgow on 31 March , the son of Donald Clerk a machinist and his wife, Martha Syming