P. K. Saunders
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Philip Keith Saunders
1899 Born in Clifton[1]
1912-20 Served in the Royal Navy
1921-28 Engr., South African Gold Mines
1925 Patent on Improvements in pistons for use in the cylinders of internal combustion engines, the first of more than 40 patents up to 1980.
1929 Inventor of the Saunders Valve
1929 Chairman of Saunders Valve Co.
1939 Inventor, Mechanical, Marine and Mining Engineer, lived in Cwmbran, Monmouthshire[2]
1940 Moved to the USA
1997 died in North Carolina
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Sources of Information
- The Times Jan. 16, 1948