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    Alexander Winton (June 20, 1860 – June 21, 1932) was a Scottish-American bicycle, automobile, and diesel engine designer and inventor, as well as a businessman...
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    1912, Winton became one of the first American manufacturers of diesel engines. In 1896, Scottish immigrant Alexander Winton, owner of the Winton Bicycle...
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    Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE (né Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British stockbroker and humanitarian who helped to rescue Jewish children...
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  • Winton is the surname of: Alan Winton (born 1958), Bishop of Thetford in the Church of England Alexander Winton (1860–1932), Scottish-born US businessman...
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  • land speed records. After a historic race between Ransom Olds and Alexander Winton in 1903, 15 records were set on what became the Daytona Beach Road...
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    rich automobile pioneers Olds and Alexander Winton (Winton Motor Carriage Company) staged an unofficial event; Winton beat Olds by 0.20 second. Olds was...
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    the wheel over to hired drivers. On October 10, 1901, he defeated Alexander Winton in a race car named "Sweepstakes"; it was through the wins of this...
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    Winton Place is a 264-foot high-rise residential building in Lakewood, Ohio. It was named after automobile magnate Alexander Winton, who built a house...
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  • 3rd Earl of Winton (1848–1919) Archibald Seton Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton, 4th Earl of Winton (1880–1945) Archibald William Alexander Montgomerie...
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    of 20 mph in his first car, Quadricycle. 1901 – Henry Ford defeated Alexander Winton (the most accomplished automobile builder/racer of the era) in a 10-lap...
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