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John Kemp Starley (1854-1901) was an English inventor and industrialist who is widely considered to be the inventor of the modern bicycle, and also originator of the name Rover.

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1854 Born in Walthamstow, Essex, the son of a John Starley, a gardener, and his wife Mary Ann Coppen. John was the older brother of James Starley.

1872 John Kemp moved to Coventry to work with his uncle, the inventor James Starley.

He worked with his uncle and William Hillman for several years building Ariel cycles.

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1876 John Starley married nineteen-year-old Abigail, daughter of George Statham, a ribbon manufacturer and city councillor. The first of their six sons and four daughters, also John Kemp Starley, followed his father into the business.

1877 John Starley worked for cycle makers