Person    | Male  Born 12/7/1872  Died 1941

Frederick Bremer

Categories: Engineering

Engineer and inventor. Born in Stepney. A gas-fitter and plumber by trade, in 1892, with his assistant Tom Bates, he built the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine. Died Walthamstow.

In this magnificent c.1912 photo Bremer is the man in the bowler hat.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Frederick Bremer

Commemorated ati

Frederick Bremer

Frederick Bremer, 1872 - 1941. Between 1892 - 1894 in a small workshop in the...

Read More

Other Subjects

Brown Lenox & Co

Brown Lenox & Co

Created as Brown & Co, by Samuel Brown, a Naval Captain.  Became Brown Lenox & Co in 1828 following Brown going into partnership with his cousin, Samuel Lenox in 1806.  The West Ferry Road ...

Group, Commerce, Engineering

1 memorial
Rice and Son
1 memorial
George Robert Welby Wheeler, AMICE

George Robert Welby Wheeler, AMICE

George Robert Welby Wheeler was born on 20 November 1845 in Bermondsey, Surrey (now Greater London), the eldest of the six children of George Charles Wheeler (1820-1886) and Charlotte Wheeler née W...

Person, Architecture, Engineering, Liveries & Guilds

1 memorial
Peter Lind and Co Ltd

Peter Lind and Co Ltd

Peter Lind was a Danish construction engineer who came to England when, in 1913 he was appointed designer for the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company. His firm built the silos for The S...

Group, Engineering

1 memorial
Sir Owen Williams

Sir Owen Williams

Engineer. Born Evan Owen Williams. He was appointed chief consulting civil engineer to the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley. Later he was the principal engineer for the Gravelly Hill Interchang...

Person, Engineering

2 memorials

Previously viewed

Candida Lycett-Green

Candida Lycett-Green

Writer and journalist. John Betjeman's daughter.

Person, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
John Gordon Crawford

John Gordon Crawford

A wealthy, early member of the Burns Club of London (founded 1868). Undiscovered Dundee by Brian King informs: "... retired Glasgow merchant, who had lived in London for many years, had met the cos...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce

1 memorial