John Buddle (September 15, 1773 – October 10, 1843) was a self-made mining engineer in North East England, becoming one of the leading mining engineers of his day. He was an entrepreneur who had a huge influence on the development of the Northern Coalfield in the first half of the 19th Century, contributing major safety investments to mining coal, such as the introduction of the Davy Lamp, and the keeping of records of ventilation and the prevention of flooding. He was also incredibly interested in ships, personally owning three of them, and even built Seaham Harbour, establishing an important trade dock in the first half of the nineteenth century. He was chairman of the company that built the Tyne Dock at South Shields, and was also involved in the creation of two harbours and the development of a tunnel.
Read more about John Buddle: Early Life, The Wallsend Colliery, Death
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