Roxey Ann Caplin
British writer
Roxey Ann Caplin (c. 1793 – 2 August 1888) was a British writer and inventor.
Biography
She was born in about 1793 in Canada. Around 1835, she married Jean Francois Isidore Caplin (c.1790-c.1872).
From 1839, Caplin was a corsetmaker working at 58 Berners Street, London.
At the Great Exhibition in 1851, she was awarded the "Manufacturer, Designer and Inventor" medal for her corsetry designs. The corsets from the Great Exhibition in 1851 are in the Museum of London.
In 1860, she became a member of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA). By 1864, she had filed 24 patents.
She died on 2 August 1888 at Cambridge Lodge, St Leonard's East Sheen in Surrey.
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