Thomas Crapper
Thomas Crapper (baptised 28 September 1836, died 27 January 1910) was an English plumber and businessman. He founded Thomas Crapper & Co in London, a plumbing equipment company. Notability of him with regard to toilets has often been overerly stated, mainly due to the publication in 1969 of a fictional biography by New Zealand person Wallace Reyburn, who publishes satire.[1]
Thomas Crapper
Another way he can be noted is that some say the word crap comes from his name. Actually, it's a Middle Ages orgin. Its most likely etymological origin is a combination of two older words: the Dutch krappen (to pluck off, cut off, or separate) and the Old French crappe (shiftings, waste or rejected matter, from the medieval Latin crappa).[2]
Sources
- Eschner, Kat (28 September 2017). "Three True Things About Sanitary Engineer Thomas Crapper". Smithsonian. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institute. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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