DONKIN

Bryan . b. Sandoe, North umber land 22 March 1768; apprenticed to Mr. Hall of Dartford, Kent, paper maker; practically developed paper making machines of which he constructed 191, 1802–51; introduced improvements in printing machinery; invented and first used the composition printing roller 1816; a civil engineer in London 1815 to death; received 2 gold medals from Society of Arts; a founder of Institution of Civil Engineers 1818; F.R.S. 18 Jany. 1838. d. 6 The Paragon, New Kent road, London 27 Feb. 1855. W. Walker’s Memoirs of distinguished men of science of Great Britain (1862) 75–7, portrait ; Proc. of Royal Soc. vii , 586–89 (1855).