Lanchao john boyd dunlop biography

Bicycles that we drive today would not be anywhere close to be the same without the ingenuity and inventiveness of the British inventor John Boyd Dunlop who managed to introduce to the world first commercial pneumatic rubber tire.

Lanchao john boyd dunlop biography

This invention enabled first bicycles, and then cars, to achieve markedly improved level of comfort for their passengers while traveling across terrains of all types. Managing to take advantage from his invention, John Boyd Dunlop established “Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company”, a tire and various rubber goods manufacturing company that remained in the top echelon of manufacturers for almost 100 years before it was sold to in 1980s.

John Boyd Dunlop was born on February 5th 1840, in Dreghorn, North Ayrshire, Scotland. He studied to become veterinary surgeon, managing to finish Royal School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburg and practice this job for over 10 years both