Thomas Hancock (inventor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Hancock (inventor)

English manufacturing engineer in the rubber industry

Date of Birth: 08-May-1786

Place of Birth: Marlborough, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Mar-1865

Profession: businessperson, engineer, inventor

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Thomas Hancock (8 May 1786 – 26 March 1865), elder brother of inventor Walter Hancock, was an English self-taught manufacturing engineer who founded the British rubber industry.
He invented the masticator, a machine that shredded rubber scraps and which allowed rubber to be recycled after being formed into blocks or sheets.
A blue plaque commemoration is placed on No.
4 High Street in Marlborough, Wiltshire in his honour (also one for his brother).