List of English inventors

This is a list of English inventors.

A

• Joseph Aspdin (1788-1855), Portland cement.

B

• Roger Bacon (1214-1292), magnifying glass
• Tim Berners-Lee (1955- ), World Wide Web

F

• Michael Faraday (1791-1867), electric transformer
• John Ambrose Fleming (1848-1945), vacuum diode
• Tommy Flowers (1905-1998) Colossus computer, an early electronic computer.
• William Friese-Greene (1855-1921), cinematography

H

• Rowland Hill (1795-1879) postage stamp

M

• George William Manby (1765-1854), Fire extinguisher
• Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), First self-powered machine gun

N

• Isaac Newton (1642-1727) reflecting telescope

P

• Alexander Parkes (1831-1890), celluloid
• Stephen Perry rubber band

S

• Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), Shrapnel shell ammunition

W

• Barnes Wallis (1887-1979), bouncing bomb
• Frank Whittle (1907-1996), co-inventor of the jet engine
• Arthur Wynne (1862-1945), inventor of crossword puzzle

See also

• List of Cornish engineers and inventors
• List of Cornish scientists and inventors