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Apr 18, 1804 Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 16 Nov 1894 (aged 90)
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About Robert Davidson Inventor
- Robert Davidson (1804–1894) was a Scottish inventor who built the first known electric locomotive in 1837. He was a lifelong resident of Aberdeen, northeast Scotland, where he was a prosperous chemist and dyer, amongst other ventures.
- Davidson was educated at Marischal College, where he studied second and third year classes of Marischal College from 1819-1821, including lectures from Professor Patrick Copland.
- He got this education in return for being a lab assistant. In the 1820s he set up in business close to the Aberdeen-Inverurie Canal, at first supplying yeast, before becoming involved in the manufacture and supply of chemicals.He became interested in the new electrical technologies of the day.
- From 1837, he made small electric motors on his own principles, though William H.
- Taylor in the US made similar motors from 1838.
- Both men worked independently without knowledge of the other's work.
