Person    | Male  Born 12/8/1863  Died 22/4/1944

Frederick Simms

Categories: Engineering

Countries: Germany

Mechanical engineer and businessman. Born Hamburg, where his grandfather, from Birmingham, had established a business. Educated Germany and London. Inventor and motor industry pioneer. Coined the words "petrol" and "motorcar". Founded the Royal Automobile Club. Had workshops and premises at various locations across London. Died Stoke Poges.

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 Simms

Commemorated ati

Frederick Simms

Beneath this arch was situated the first workshop of Frederick Richard Simms,...

Read More

Other Subjects

Scott and Wilson

Scott and Wilson

Civil Engineers active c.1945 - 1953. c.1945 Guthlac Wilson (1902-1953) and W. S. Scott ( - 1950) formed a partnership. 1951 Kirkpatrick and Partners merged with Scott and Wilson to form Scott and...

Group, Engineering

1 memorial
Price and Reeves

Price and Reeves

Engineering contractors for the Rotherhithe Tunnel in 1908.

Group, Engineering

2 memorials
Sir Alfred Seale Haslam

Sir Alfred Seale Haslam

Engineer and politician.  Born Derby.  He saw the potential of refrigeration and developed equipment that was used extensively both on land and on ships.  Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1891 he fund...

Person, Benefactor, Engineering, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
G. W. Pickin, BSc, C.Eng, FICE, FIMunE, FRSA

G. W. Pickin, BSc, C.Eng, FICE, FIMunE, FRSA

City of London Engineer in 1977 and 1982.

Person, Engineering

2 memorials

Previously viewed

Magic Square

Magic Square

WC1, John Street, 21, Haines House

Not your standard Bloomsbury terrace, this Art Deco development has always interested us but now it's got us really puzzled. We've notic...