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Thomas Hancock | |
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Born | 8 May 1786 |
Died | 26 March 1865 London | (aged 78)
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Projects | Mechanical processing of raw rubber |
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).