Frederick Richard Simms

For the British civil engineer, see Frederick Walter Simms.

Frederick Richard Simms
A man, wearing a suit and bowler hat, sits on a small four wheel, single seat vehicle, fitted with a machine gun
Frederick R Simms 1909
Born(1863-08-12)August 12, 1863
Hamburg, Germany
DiedApril 22, 1944(1944-04-22) (aged 80)
Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Engineer, inventor, businessman
Known forFounding the Royal Automobile Club and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Notable work
The cascade of the Simmswasserfalls in the Allgäuer Alps
Simms founded the Automobile Club of Great Britain (later the RAC) in 1897.[note 1]

Frederick Richard Simms (12 August 1863 – 22 April 1944)[note 2] was a British mechanical engineer, businessman, prolific inventor and motor industry pioneer.[1] Simms coined the words "petrol" and "motorcar".[note 3][2] He founded the Royal Automobile Club, and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.


Cite error: There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=note}} template (see the help page).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Times_19440424 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Death of Mr. F. R. Simms, The Times, Monday, 24 April 1944; pg. 6