Frederick Walton

Inventor

1834 – 1928

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Who was Frederick Walton?

Frederick Edward Walton, was an English manufacturer and inventor whose invention of Linoleum in Staines was patented in 1860. He also invented Lincrusta in 1877.

Walton was born in 1834 near Halifax. In 1864, he formed the Linoleum Manufacturing Company and by 1869 the factory in Staines was exporting to Europe and the United States.

He died in 1928, aged 94.

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Born
1834
United Kingdom
Nationality
  • England
Died
May 16, 1928
Nice

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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