MISSING FROM THE ODNB

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has some scandalous omissions notably the following locomotive engineers;
Beyer
Bowen Cooke
Cudworth
Ivatt: father and son
Johnson
Jones (David of the Highland)
Kirtley: Matthew and other members of family
Maunsell
Markham (decisive innovator of coal burning fireboxes)
Collett
Riddles

Authors of railway literature appear to be limited to O.S. Nock (presumably because of its gargantuan nature): the following are missing:
Ahrons
Dow: certainly George (and probably Andrew)
Ellis

Mike Chrimes has ensured that Civil Engineers are well represented and contributed many of the actual entries, which are models of how to write such entries. The mechanical engineers need a champion capable of producing concise, but thorough (the present ODNB entry for Aspinall is an excellent example of how not to do it) biographies.

1 February 2016