Samuel Plimsoll (10 February 1824 – 3 June 1898) was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line...

Look up plimsoll in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A plimsoll, also spelled plimsole, or pump (also known as a gym shoe or a sandshoe), is a light sports...

issues the relevant certificates. This marking was invented in 1876 by Samuel Plimsoll. In the Middle Ages, the Venetian Republic, the Republic of Genoa and...

reference point ("standard state"). Plimsoll line or Plimsoll mark on a ship's hull, named after Samuel Plimsoll Plimsoll shoe, which is named for the shoe's...

was popularized in the early 1870s by English Member of Parliament Samuel Plimsoll as part of his campaign for sailors' rights. It was later adopted by...

had to be slaughtered on landing. In 1890 Samuel Plimsoll, having successfully campaigned for his Plimsoll line, turned to the transatlantic cattle trade...

Australian diplomat and public servant John Plimsoll (1917–1999), South African cricketer Samuel Plimsoll (1824–1898), English politician and social reformer...

in the 1870s with the success of reforms championed by British MP Samuel Plimsoll. Many overloaded overinsured ships in the days of wooden sailing ships...

costly error, requiring high harbour fees. During the 19th century, Samuel Plimsoll, known as "the sailor's friend", campaigned to make the seas safer;...

churchyard contains the grave of shipping reformer Samuel Plimsoll (whose gravestone bears the Plimsoll line), and, among many military burials, 24 CWGC-registered...