Kirkpatrick macmillan biography of barack
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Kirkpatrick Macmillan lived from 2 September 1812 to 26 January 1878.
Kirkpatrick macmillan biography of barack
He was a blacksmith credited by many as the inventor of the rear-wheel driven bicycle. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Kirkpatrick Macmillan was born at Keir Mill near Thornhill in Dumfries and Galloway.
His father was a blacksmith and at the age of 12, Kirkpatrick became an apprentice to him. It is worth noting at this point that just about every aspect of the story of the invention of the bicycle is subject to considerable controversy, but what follows is a fairly popular interpretation of events based on research initially published in 1899 by a descendent of Macmillan's, James Johnston.
Some time in the late 1820s, Macmillan saw someone riding a velocipede, a bicycle that was propelled by the rider's feet pushing backwards on the ground, and decided to build one for himself. Having