Henry Sturmey

British inventor and journalist (1857–1930)

John James Henry Sturmey (1857–1930), known as Henry Sturmey, is best remembered as the inventor with James Archer of the Sturmey-Archer three-speed hub for bicycles, but he was a technical editor and journalist heavily involved as a pioneer of the cycling and automotive industries. Born at Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, on 28 February 1857 he died aged 72 at his home in Coventry on 8 January 1930.²

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Born 1857, died Jan 8, 1930.¹