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John Van Riemsdijk was born on 13 November, 1924 in Muswell Hill, is an A british curator. Discover John Van Riemsdijk's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Occupation Museum Curator
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 13 November 1924
Birthday 13 November
Birthplace Muswell Hill
Date of death 31 August, 2008
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1924

John Van Riemsdijk (13 November 1924 – 31 August 2008) was a curator of the Science Museum, London.

Van Riemsdijk was born in 1924.

His parentage brought a Dutch father and an English mother together.

So that as a young man, he travelled widely by train with his father around Europe.

He attended University College School, Hampstead, and Birkbeck College, London, where he read English and French.

Soon after graduating he was recruited into the Royal Navy.

Combining his knowledge of continental Europe and his practical inventive skills saw him recruited in World War Two into the Special Operations Executive.

1954

Prior to joining the Science Museum in 1954, he had already made a name for himself in the model railway world with a geared clockwork mechanism.

This was marketed as the Walker Riemsdijk mechanism.

The Walker element referring to the London shop of Walkers & Holtzapffel in whose catalogue it was featured.

During the design of the National Railway Museum he worked closely with David Jenkinson.

He became an acknowledged expert in the history and practice of the Compound locomotive.

He held memberships of the Newcomen Society, Stephenson Locomotive Society, the Bevil's Club, and the office of a vice-president of the Gauge One Model Railway Association.

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1975

He was instrumental in establishing the National Railway Museum in the years before 1975.

He was a noted model engineer and author.

2008

He merited a Guardian newspaper obituary in 2008.