Thomas Crapper
Thomas Crapper (baptised 28 September 1836, died 27 January 1910) was an English plumber and businessman. He founded the plumbing equipment company Thomas Crapper & Co in London. Notability of him with regard to toilets has often been too highly stated. This is mainly because of the publication in 1969 of a fictional biography by New Zealand person Wallace Reyburn, who makes funny things.[1]
Another way he can be noted is that some say the word crap comes from his name. Actually, it is a Middle Ages origin. The most likely etymological origin of the word crap 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]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Eschner, Kat (28 September 2017). "Three True Things About Sanitary Engineer Thomas Crapper". Smithsonian. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institute. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ↑ World Wide Words, archived from the original on 7 April 2010, retrieved 11 April 2010
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