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    • Dugald Clerk

    Scottish engineer (1854–1932)

    Sir Dugald Clerk

    Born(1854-03-31)31 March 1854

    Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Died12 November 1932(1932-11-12) (aged 78)

    Ewhurst, England, UK

    NationalityScottish
    CitizenshipBritish
    OccupationEngineer
    Known forDesigned the world's first successful two-stroke engine

    Sir Dugald Clerk (sometimes written as Dugald Clark) KBE, LLD FRS[1] (1854, Glasgow – 1932, Ewhurst, Surrey) was a Scottish engineer who designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine[2][3] in 1878[4] and patented it in England in 1881.

    He was a graduate of Anderson's University in Glasgow (now the University of Strathclyde), and Yorkshire College, Leeds (now the University of Leeds). He formed the intellectual property firm with George Croydon Marks, called Marks & Clerk.

    He was knighted on 24 August 1917.[5]

    Life

    Dugald Clerk was born in Glasgow on 31 March