Arturo Caprotti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arturo Caprotti

Italian engineer and architect (1881–1938)

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1881

Place of Birth: Moscazzano, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 09-Feb-1938

Profession: architect, engineer, inventor

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Arturo Caprotti (22 March 1881 – 9 February 1938) was an Italian engineer and architect.
In 1915 or 1916 he invented the Caprotti valve gear rotary cam poppet valve gear for steam engines of all kinds, but in practice it was employed almost exclusively in railway locomotives.