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The Greatest British Mechanical Engineers

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Sebastian Wright

Updated on January 17, 2026

Birthdate: January 20, 1879

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Edgeley, Stockport, England

Died: September 29, 1952

Recognized as the pioneer of the social credit economic reform movement, Major Clifford Hugh Douglas was an engineer by professional. His interest turned to economics when he noticed that the weekly total costs of goods was greater than the sums paid to workers, leading to his development of the social credit theory, which encompasses economics, political science, history, and accounting.