Английская Википедия:Charles Henry Pugh

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use dmy dates

Charles Henry Pugh (6 June 1840 – 9 April 1901)[1] was founder of a British bicycle manufacturer. Charles Henry Pugh was the chairman and managing director of the Whitworth Cycle Co., he was also the chairman of CH. Pugh Ltd.[2] Pugh designed a machine press and specialized steel for making seamless bicycle rims.[3] By 1894 Pugh was the leader of Rudge-Whitworth: a company which became Great Britain’s leading bicycles and motorcycle manufacturer.[4]

Career

Pugh, along with his two sons, Charles Vernon and John, co-founded Whitworth Cycle Co. (later Rudge-Whitworth) of Birmingham.[5] following Charles Henry Pugh's death his sons took the company public, and renamed it Charles H. Pugh Ltd.[6]

In 1921 Charles Henry Pugh's son Charles Vernon Pugh owned a company called the Atlas Chain Company. That company sold the first mass produced gas powered lawn mower. The mower was named the Atco: a name derived from the company name.[7]

Файл:Powis Castle 2016 073.jpg
Atco 1932

References

Шаблон:Reflist


Шаблон:UK-cycling-bio-stub

  1. Шаблон:Cite book
  2. Шаблон:Cite book
  3. Шаблон:Cite journal
  4. Шаблон:Cite web
  5. Driver, Hugh. The Birth of Military Aviation: Britain, 1903–1914 Royal Historical Society, Boydell Press, Suffolk UK, Rochester NY, 1997, p.14. Шаблон:ISBN
  6. Шаблон:Cite web
  7. Шаблон:Cite web