Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Samuel Simcock Biography and Timeline

Follow Samuel Simcock through 1 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Samuel Simcock, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1770–1770Years on this page

1770

Oxford Canal

Science / Technology

Surveying of the route and initial construction were originally supervised by the celebrated engineer James Brindley, assisted by Samuel Simcock who was also Brindley's brother-in-law

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.