Charles Plimpton
Inventor
1893 – 1948
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Who was Charles Plimpton?
Charles Bird Plimpton was an English inventor and businessman. He invented Bayko in 1933, a plastic building model construction toy, and one of the earliest plastic toys to be marketed. He established Plimpton Engineering in Liverpool, England, to manufacture the toy, which was sold across the world for over 30 years.
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- Born
- 1893
Peckham - Profession
- Education
- University of Birmingham
- Liverpool College HMC
- Lived in
- Liverpool
- London
- Died
- Dec 29, 1948
Liverpool
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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