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James Cudworth may refer to: * James Cudworth (engineer) * James Cudworth (colonist) General James Cudworth ( ; 1612 – 1682) was one of the most important men in Plymouth Colony. He served as Deputy to the Plymouth General Court (1649), Commander of militia in King Philip's War (1675–8), Assistant Governor (1656–8, 16 ... * Jim Cudworth, American baseball player {{hndis, Cudworth, James ...
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James Cudworth (engineer)
James I'Anson Cudworth (12 January 1817 – 22 October 1899) was an English railway engineer, and was Locomotive Superintendent of the South Eastern Railway (SER). He served in this capacity from 1845 to 1876. He is notable for designing a successful method for burning coal in steam locomotives without significant emission of smoke, and for introducing the 0-4-4T wheel arrangement to English railways. Early life Cudworth was born in Darlington, County Durham on 12 January 1817, the second of three children born to William Cudworth and Mary I'Anson (born 18 November 1785, Darlington). His parents were Quakers, and had married in 1810; William Cudworth was a grocer and druggist, whilst Mary I'Anson's family name was of Scandinavian origin. James Cudworth's elder brother William was a civil engineer, and worked for the Stockton & Darlington Railway; William's son William John, also a civil engineer, worked for the North Eastern Railway. Career Cudworth was apprenticed to Rober ...
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James Cudworth (colonist)
General James Cudworth ( ; 1612 – 1682) was one of the most important men in Plymouth Colony. He served as Deputy to the Plymouth General Court (1649), Commander of militia in King Philip's War (1675–8), Assistant Governor (1656–8, 1674–80) and Deputy Governor (1681–2) of Plymouth Colony, and Commissioner to the New England Confederation (four times, 1655–81).Eugene Aubrey Stratton, ''Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620–91'' (Salt Lake City: 1986), p. 275 Family background Rev. Ralph Cudworth (1572/3–1624) James Cudworth was the eldest son of The Rev. Dr Ralph Cudworth, who was a student at, and graduate and Fellow of, Emmanuel College, Cambridge.Venn, ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'' I Part 1, p. 431. In 1606, Dr Cudworth was instituted as Vicar of Coggeshall, Essex (at the presentation of Robert, 3rd Lord Rich (later 1st Earl of Warwick)), to replace Thomas Stoughton (who, having been active in the Conference of Reformed Ministers at Dedham, Essex ...
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