John peake knight biography
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P. Knight
John Peake Knight (13 January 1828 – 23 July 1886) was an English railway manager and inventor, credited with inventing the traffic light in 1868.
Biography
Knight was born in Nottingham and attended Nottingham High School.
His elementary school is unknown.
He left school at the age of 12 to work in the parcel room of Derby railway station.
John peake knight biography
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 1869 and General Manager the following year.
He 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 1886. The Prince of Wales had a special wreath placed on his coff