L. T. C. Rolt
English writer and biographer
Died when: 64 years 87 days (770 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt (usually abbreviated to Tom Rolt or L. T. C. Rolt) (11 February 1910 – 9 May 1974) was a prolific English writer and the biographer of major civil engineering figures including Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Thomas Telford.
He is also regarded as one of the pioneers of the leisure cruising industry on Britain's inland waterways, and was an enthusiast for vintage cars and heritage railways.
He played a pioneering role in both the canal and railway preservation movements.
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