Robert Salmon
Robert Salmon (1763–1821), architect and mechanical engineer
1763 Born in the district of Stratford-on-Avon
Worked for an attorney in Leicester Fields
Gained an appointment under Henry Hudson rebuilding Carlton House and at Woburn Abbey where he gained the attention of Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford.
1794 Became the Duke's resident architect and mechanist
Designed many buildings on the estate at Woburn.
1797 Award from the Society of Arts for a chaff-cutting engine.
1801 Exhibited the Bedford Drill which was copied by many others.
1814 Patented a plan for a haymaker which was followed by others.
He developed many other agricultural implements (as well as surgical instruments, a canal lock, a weighing machine and other ideas) but was said to be a quarter century ahead of his time.
1821 Retired to Lambeth.
1821 Died in Woburn.
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