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This article is about the English engineer. For the state supreme court justice, see Joseph Coerten Hornblower. For the architect, see Joseph Coerten Hornblower (architect).

Joseph Hornblower (1696? – 1762) was an English engineer, a pioneer of steam power.

Biography[edit]

Joseph Hornblower was born in 1696 in Staffordshire, England.[1]

In 1725 he was engaged to install a Newcomen engineatWheal Rose, near Truro. He settled in Salem, Cornwall in 1748.[2]

Jonathan Hornblower and Josiah Hornblower were his sons by his first wife Rebecca Haywood whom he married in Netherton, Worcestershire in 1716. He died in Bristol, having had 7 sons and a daughter altogether by his two wives .

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cowles, Frances (16 April 1921). "The Meanings Of Your Name – What They Stand For And Why". El Paso Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ Matschoss, Conrad (1970). Great Engineers. Ayer Publishing. p. 154. ISBN 0-8369-1837-1.

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