Charles Henry Pugh
British cycling entrepreneur (1840 – 1901) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the manufacturer. For other people with the same name, see Charles Pugh (disambiguation).
Charles Henry Pugh (6 June 1840 – 9 April 1901)[1] was founder of a British bicycle manufacturer. Charles Henry Pugh was the chairman and managing director of the Whitworth Cycle Co., he was also the chairman of CH. Pugh Ltd.[2] Pugh designed a machine press and specialized steel for making seamless bicycle rims.[3] By 1894 Pugh was the leader of Rudge-Whitworth: a company which became Great Britain’s leading bicycles and motorcycle manufacturer.[4]