Daniel Gooch

Mechanical Engineer, Politician

1816 – 1889

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Who was Daniel Gooch?

Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet was an English railway and transatlantic cable engineer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885. He was the first Superintendent of Locomotive Engines on the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864 and its Chairman from 1865 to 1889.

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Born
Aug 24, 1816
Bedlington
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  • United Kingdom
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Died
Oct 15, 1889

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on July 23, 2013

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