Daniel Gooch
British railway engineer
Died when: 73 years 52 days (877 months)Star Sign: Virgo
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Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet (24 August 1816 – 15 October 1889) was an English railway locomotive and transatlantic cable engineer.He was the first Superintendent of Locomotive Engines on the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864 and its chairman from 1865 until his death in 1889.
Between 1865 and 1885 Gooch was Conservative MP for Cricklade.
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