Edgar Purnell Hooley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edgar Purnell Hooley

British businessman

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1860

Place of Birth: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1942

Profession: inventor

Nationality: Wales, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Edgar Purnell Hooley (5 June 1860 – 26 January 1942) was a Welsh inventor.
After inventing tarmac in 1902, he founded Tar Macadam Syndicate Ltd the following year and registered tarmac as a trademark.
Following a merger in 2013 the business became Tarmac Limited, one of the United Kingdom's largest building materials companies.