Thomas Crapper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Crapper

British plumber

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1836

Place of Birth: Thorne, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1910

Profession: plumber, patent inventor

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Thomas Crapper (baptised 28 September 1836; died 27 January 1910) was an English businessman and plumber.
He founded Thomas Crapper & Co in London, a sanitary equipment company.
Crapper held nine patents, three of them for water closet improvements such as the floating ballcock.
He improved the S-bend plumbing trap in 1880 by inventing the U-bend.
The firm's lavatorial equipment was manufactured at premises in nearby Marlborough Road (now Draycott Avenue).
The company owned the world's first bath, toilet and sink showroom in King's Road.
Crapper was noted for the quality of his products and received several royal warrants.
Manhole covers with Crapper's company's name on them in Westminster Abbey have become one of London's minor tourist attractions.