Dugald Clerk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dugald Clerk

British engineer

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1854

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Nov-1932

Profession: engineer, inventor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sir Dugald Clerk (sometimes written as Dugald Clark) KBE, LLD FRS (1854, Glasgow – 1932, Ewhurst, Surrey) was a Scottish engineer who designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine in 1878 and patented it in England in 1881.
He was a graduate of Anderson's University in Glasgow (now the University of Strathclyde), and Yorkshire College, Leeds (now the University of Leeds).
He formed the intellectual property firm with George Croydon Marks, called Marks & Clerk.
He was knighted on 24 August 1917.