Person    | Male  Born 1828  Died 1886

John Peake Knight

Categories: Engineering

John Peake Knight

Inventor of the world's first traffic lights. Engineer and railway manager from Nottingham.

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John Peake Knight

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Peake Knight, 1st traffic lights

City of Westminster John Peake Knight, 1828 - 86, inventor of the world's fi...

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