No one really knows what The Professor's real name is.  He opened his workshop a long long time ago, longer than most people remember and in this time he hasn't appeared to have aged a day.  He's always looked grey and old but there's a spring in his step the beleagers his appearence.  While he appears to be human there are many rumours that he isn't, some even say he's a demon (though most of these are attributed to jealous competitors).<br/><br/>His products are common in almost every household in London.  His products bost many improvements over his competitors, including less interference with magic, prices that aren't out of everyone's range, though he does carry many levels of qualities they can always be trusted, steam charges also last much longer and the appliences are made to work with almost any of his competitor's cylinders "To give them a chance" he claims.<br/><br/>He designs and tests everything himself.  Once a design is complete he sends it to one of his factory were he hires and puts to work many people and offers great wages and benefits.  He also personally hires people of many places and walks of life to run errends for him, though no one knows who these people are or where he finds them.  Though there are rumours, there are always rumours.<br/><br/>His workshop and lab are on the shores of the Thames, where he gets most of his steam.  It is built with heavy brick and in some places steal walls just incase something doesn't go right.  He also has a lot of land around his workshop with a dence forest and heavy security, both magical and technological to prevent anyone from both being hurt by failed experiments and to deter anyone who might try and steal designs.