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Bookmark or Share- John Harington (writer) - WikipediaSir John Harington (4 August 1560 – 20 November 1612), of Kelston, Somerset, England, but born in London, was an English courtier, author and translator popularly known as the inventor of the flush toilet.
- Who Invented the Flush Toilet? | HISTORYThe first modern flushable toilet was described in 1596 by Sir John Harington, an English courtier and the godson of Queen Elizabeth I. Harington’s device called for a 2-foot-deep oval bowl...
- Sir John Harington | Renaissance Poet, Inventor, TranslatorSir John Harington (born 1561—died Nov. 20, 1612, Kelston, Somerset, Eng.) was an English Elizabethan courtier, translator, author, and wit who also invented the flush toilet.
- Sir John Harington invented the flush toilet in the 16th centurySir John Harington was born in 1560, in Kelston, Somerset, England. His father was a poet while his mother worked as a gentlewoman of Queen Elizabeth I’s Privy chamber. He was baptized by the Queen herself, and she called him her “saucy Godson.”. He became a poet, and although he wasn’t successful, he wrote enough in favor of his Godmother.
- Heroes of Progress, Pt. 30: Sir John HaringtonThis week, our hero is Sir John Harington: a 16th century English courtier, author and inventor of the modern flush toilet. Harington’s toilet allowed waste to be flushed from places of habitation to underground cesspools without direct human contact.
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