Person    | Male  Born 27/7/1849  Died 27/8/1898

John Hopkinson

Categories: Science

Countries: Switzerland

Born Manchester.
Electrical engineer. Invented and patented the three-wire distribution system (if you've ever wired in a plug you will know what this means).
Died, with three of his children, in a mountaineering accident in Switzerland.

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