Harry John Lawson

Engineer, Organization founder

1852 – 1925

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Who was Harry John Lawson?

Henry John Lawson, also known as Harry Lawson, was a British bicycle designer, racing cyclist, motor industry pioneer, and fraudster. As part of his attempt to create and control a British motor industry Lawson formed and floated The Daimler Motor Company Limited in London in 1896. It later began manufacture in Coventry. Lawson organised the 1896 Emancipation Day drive now commemorated annually by the London to Brighton car run on the same course.

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Born
1852
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Died
1925

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on July 23, 2013

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