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2 unusual facts about George Lanchester


George Lanchester

In 1889, at the age of 15, George started an apprenticeship with the Forward Gas Engine Company in Birmingham.

Lanchester Motor Company

This business was begun by the three Lanchester brothers, Frederick, one of the most influential automobile engineers of the 19th and 20th century, George and Frank who together incorporated The Lanchester Engine Company Limited in December 1899 retaining the financial support they had previously received from the two brothers, Charles Vernon Pugh and John Pugh of Rudge-Whitworth.



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