Joseph Aspdin

Background

An English bricklayer and builder in Leeds.

Contribution

Patented 'Portland cement' in 1824; the modern high-temperature clinker cement was refined later by others including his son William Aspdin and Isaac Johnson.

Associated inventions

• Portland Cement

Sources & further reading

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• Encyclopædia Britannica — technology & biography topic articlesEncyclopædia Britannica · Encyclopedia
• Science Museum Group Collection & topic articlesScience Museum Group (UK) · Museum

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