John Kemp Starley (1854 - 1901) was an English inventor and industrialist. Who is widely considered to be the inventor of the modern bicycle, and also originator of the name Rover. 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... 1936 Rover 10 1962 Rover 80 Rover 2000 1995 Rover 200 Rover (the MG Rover Group) is a manufacturer of automobiles in the United Kingdom, based at the famous Longbridge plant in Birmingham. ...

Starley was born in Walthamstow, Essex, and was the son of a gardener. In 1872 he moved to Coventry to work with his uncle, the inventor James Starley. He worked with his uncle and William Hillman for several years building Ariel cycles. Walthamstow is an area of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Precinct in Coventry city centre For alternative meanings see: Coventry (disambiguation) Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ... James Starley was an English inventor. ... Ariel is a British automobile manufacturer in Somerset, known for its high performance car, the Ariel Atom. ...

In 1877 he started a new business Starley & Sutton Co with William Sutton - a local cycling enthusiast. They set about developing safer and easier to use bicycles than the prevailing penny farthing or "ordinary" bicycles. They started by manufacturing tricycles, by 1883 their products were being branded as Rover. 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... ÚýÀÒÄWilliam Sutton was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... A penny farthing or ordinary bicycle photographed in the Skoda museum in the Czech Republic The ordinary or penny-farthing is an early model of bicycle, produced largely in England and the USA in the mid to late 19th century. ... A tricycle is a three-wheeled vehicle. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1885 Starley made history when he produced the Rover Safety Bicycle - a rear-wheel-drive, chain-driven cycle with two similar-sized wheels, making it more stable than the previous high wheeler designs. Cycling magazine said the Rover had 'set the pattern to the world' and the phrase was used in their advertising for many years. Starley's Rover is usually described by historians as the first recognisably modern bicycle. This new "safety bicycle" was an immediate success and was exported across the world. 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Safety bicycle is a type of bicycle that became very popular beginning in the late 1880s. ...

In 1889 the company became J. K. Starley & Co. Ltd and in the late 1890s, it had become the the Rover Cycle Company Ltd. 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no...

John Starley died suddenly in 1901 and was succeeded as managing director of the firm by Harry Smyth. Soon after his death the Rover company began building motorcycles and the cars. 1936 Rover 10 1962 Rover 80 Rover 2000 1995 Rover 200 Rover (the MG Rover Group) is a manufacturer of automobiles in the United Kingdom, based at the famous Longbridge plant in Birmingham. ... Imme R 100,Germany, 1948/1949 A 125 cc motorcycle, the Italian-manufactured Cagiva Planet. ... Central African Republic Children At Risk Cordillera Administrative Region Cost Accrual Ratio Computer-assisted reporting Cumulative average return This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

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• John Kemp Starley and the 'Rover'