Thomas Crapper may be well known for selling early toilets, but he didn’t invent them. The original flush toilet was created by Sir John Harington in 1596. Harrington's toilet included a flush valve that would release water from a tank to wash away waste in the bowl. He called his toilet the Ajax, and one of his first installations was for his godmother, Queen Elizabeth I. It took several centuries and improvements in manufacturing and waste disposal for the flush toilet to catch on. Thomas Crapper and Alexander Cummings helped bring the invention to the masses. Crapper was a plumber in England who received many patents for improving toilet technology in the late 1800s.
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