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John Peake Knight (13 January – 23 July ) was an English railway manager and inventor, credited with inventing the traffic light in.
J. P. Knight
John Peake Knight (13 January – 23 July ) was an English railway manager and inventor, credited with inventing the traffic light in
Biography
Knight was born in Nottingham and attended Nottingham High School.
Notable railway engineer John Peake Knight made train travel much safer and more comfortable.
His elementary school is unknown.
He left school at the age of 12 to work in the parcel room of Derby railway station. Knight was promoted quickly and by the age of 20 had joined the South Eastern Railway, rising to the rank of Superintendent.
He was appointed Traffic Manager for the London to Brighton Line in and General Manager the following year.
John Peake Knight - was a British railway engineer, who invented the original traffic light inHe did a great deal to improve the quality of railway travel on the railway, introducing the Westinghouse air brake, safer carriages with communication cords, electric lighting, and Pullman cars.[3]
He and his wife, Elizabeth, had five sons.
The eldest founded J P Knight Ltd., a tugboat operator.
Knight died in The Prince of Wales had a special wreath placed on his coffin during the funeral.