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J. P. Knight
John Peake Knight (1828–1886) was a railway engineer and inventor, credited with inventing the first traffic light.
==Biography==
John Peake Knight was born in Nottingham and attended Nottingham High School. He left school at 12 to work in the parcel room of Derby railway station. Peake Knight was promoted quickly and by the age of 20 was Traffic Manager for the London to Brighton Line. He did a great deal to improve the quality of railway travel, introducing the Pullman car and safe carriages with alarm pulls for ladies.
He and his wife, Elizabeth, had five sons and the eldest founded J P Knight Ltd, tug boat operators.
Peake Knight died in 1886 and the Prince of Wales had a special wreath placed on his coffin during the funeral.〔(City of Westminster green plaques )〕 He is buried in Brompton Cemetery in London.
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