What is Richard Trevithick?
[[Image:Richard Trevithick.jpg|thumb|200px|Richard Trevithick]] '''Richard Trevithick''' (13 April 1771 - 22 April 1833) was a [[Cornwall|Cornish]] [[inventor]] and [[engineer]]. He is best known for making the first working [[steam locomotive]]. However, it was designed to be a road vehicle, not a [[Rail transport|railroad]] one. Trevithick was from the heart of a big mining area in Cornwall, U.K. His parents were Richard Trevithick (1735-1797) and Ann Teague (d. 1810.) In 1797, Trevithick married Jane Harvey. He died of [[pneumonia]] in 1833. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Trevithich, Richard}} [[Category:1771 births]] [[Category:1833 deaths]] [[Category:English inventors]]