![Scottish John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the first vehicle wheel tyre, whose patent William Harvey Du Cros bought in 1888 to found a tyre factory. Portrait circa 1900 Stock Photo - Alamy Scottish John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the first vehicle wheel tyre, whose patent William Harvey Du Cros bought in 1888 to found a tyre factory. Portrait circa 1900 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/TXG3YH/scottish-john-boyd-dunlop-inventor-of-the-first-vehicle-wheel-tyre-whose-patent-william-harvey-du-cros-bought-in-1888-to-found-a-tyre-factory-portrait-circa-1900-TXG3YH.jpg)
Scottish John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the first vehicle wheel tyre, whose patent William Harvey Du Cros bought in 1888 to found a tyre factory. Portrait circa 1900 Stock Photo - Alamy
![Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop testing a bicycle equipped with his tyres. 1888 Stock Photo - Alamy Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop testing a bicycle equipped with his tyres. 1888 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/txg413/scottish-inventor-john-boyd-dunlop-testing-a-bicycle-equipped-with-his-tyres-1888-txg413.jpg)
Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop testing a bicycle equipped with his tyres. 1888 Stock Photo - Alamy
![John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) - Scottish inventor who developed the first practical pneumatic or Stock Photo - Alamy John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) - Scottish inventor who developed the first practical pneumatic or Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/ERGAWT/john-boyd-dunlop-5-february-1840-23-october-1921-scottish-inventor-ERGAWT.jpg)
John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) - Scottish inventor who developed the first practical pneumatic or Stock Photo - Alamy
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Just A Car Guy: the pneumatic tire was patented by Scottish inventor, Robert Thomson on 10 December 1845, some 43 years before John Dunlop
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