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Thomas Crapper
British businessman, plumber (died )
Thomas Crapper | |
|---|---|
| Born | Thorne, Yorkshire, England |
| Baptised | 28 September |
| Died | 27 January () (aged&#;73) Anerley, Bromley, England |
| Occupation(s) | Plumber, businessman |
| Spouse | Maria Green &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
Thomas Crapper (baptised 28 September ; died 27 January ) was an English plumber and businessman.
He founded Thomas Crapper & Co in London, a plumbing equipment company.
What did thomas crapper invent
His notability with regard to toilets has often been overstated, mostly due to the publication in of a fictional biography by New Zealand satirist Wallace Reyburn.[2]
Crapper held nine patents, three of them for water closet improvements such as the floating ballcock.
He improved the S-bend plumbing trap in by inventing the U-bend. The firm's lavatorial equipment was manufactured at premises in nearby Marlborough Road (now Draycott Avenue). The company owned the wo