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James Starley | British inventor | Britannica

James Starley, (born April 21, 1830, Albourne, Sussex, Eng.—died June 17, 1881, Coventry, Warwickshire), British inventor and father of the bicycle industry. In 1855 Starley moved to London, where he was employed in the manufacture of sewing machines, and two years later he moved to Coventry, where he became managing foreman at the Coventry Sewing Machine Company (later the Coventry Machinists’ Company Ltd.). There he invented and patented new models, and many of his features are used in modern sewing machines. In 1868 Starley became interested in bicycle improvement. His first bicycle, the Coventry, was quickly followed by the Ariel

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