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FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
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Question
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Kirkpatrick Macmillan
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Georges Leclenche
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Johan Edvard Lundstrom
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kirkpatrick Macmillan, widely credited as the inventor of the modern pedal-driven bicycle, was born in the Dumfriesshire village of Kier on 2 September 1812. The son of a blacksmith, he followed his father into the business and by his 20s had become fascinated with a new means of transport.
Detailed explanation-2: -At around that time he saw a hobbyhorse being ridden along a nearby road, and decided to make one for himself. Upon completion, he realised what a radical improvement it would be if he could propel it without putting his feet on the ground. Working at his smithy, he completed his new machine in around 1839.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hobby-horses were in use, two-wheeled early bikes which had to be propelled along by pushing one’s feet on the ground. Macmillan started to think how to make them self-propelled without having to do this. By about the end of 1839 he had cracked the problem, and so had invented the modern bicycle.