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Bookmark or Share- Who Invented The Toilet? The Tangled History Of The 'Crapper'Updated April 26, 2024. While Thomas Crapper gets most of the credit due to his 19th-century innovations, the real story of who invented the first flush toilet is much more controversial than most people realize.
- Thomas Crapper - WikipediaThomas Crapper (baptised 28 September 1836; died 27 January 1910) was an English plumber and businessman. He founded Thomas Crapper & Co in London, a plumbing equipment company. His notability with regard to toilets has often been overstated, mostly due to the publication in 1969 of a fictional biography by New Zealand satirist Wallace Reyburn. [2]
- Who Invented the Flush Toilet? - HISTORYIn the late-19th century, a London plumbing impresario named Thomas Crapper manufactured one of the first widely successful lines of flush toilets. Crapper did not invent the toilet, but he did...
- Thomas Crapper And The Myth That He Invented The ToiletThomas Crapper & Co. Crapper founded his company in 1861 and opened the world’s first bath, toilet, and sink showroom in 1870. The 16-year-old began in 1853 and spent three years learning the tricks of the trade before venturing out on his own.
- The legend of Thomas Crapper, the man who didn't invent the toiletThomas Crapper (1836–1910) is remembered as "the inventor of the flushing toilet". But how much of what we think we know about Crapper is true? Robert Hume examines five persistent myths about this 19th-century pioneer. Published: August 17, 2021 at 10:45 AM. Myth 1: Thomas Crapper never even existed.
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