Q:Facts: - death place: whalley , lancashire - caption: may 1878 -rrb- 1861 by francis grant ra -lrb- 1803 -- - death date: 2 february 1894 - birth date: 2 july 1815 - name: john hick , esq. , jp - nationality: british - image: john hick -lrb- mp -rrb- colour.jpg - birth place: bolton - religion: anglican - occupation: civil and mechanical engineer politician company director Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john hick -lrb- mp -rrb- .
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john hick jp , dl , mp , frsa -lrb- 2 july 1815 -- 2 february 1894 -rrb- was an english industrialist , art collector and conservative party politician who sat in the house of commons from 1868 to 1880 .hick was the eldest son of benjamin hick -lrb- 1790 -- 1842 -rrb- , a civil engineer , and his wife elizabeth routledge -lrb- 1783 -- 1826 -rrb- , daughter of william routledge of elvington yorkshire .elizabeth 's brother -lrb- john 's uncle -rrb- , joshua routledge -lrb- 1773 -- 1829 -rrb- also an engineer living in bolton , designed the '' engineer 's improved slide rule '' and in february 1818 patented improvements to the rotary steam engine .educated at alderley in cheshire and bolton grammar school hick became a partner in the engineering firm of b. hick and sons , later hick , hargreaves , & co and a member of the institute of civil engineers in 1845 .he was church warden for james slade , governor of bolton grammar school , town councillor for nine years from 1844 , a member of the society of arts , founder member of the institution of mechanical engineers from 1847 until 1852 , member of the london association of foreman engineers and draughtsman , national society for promoting the education of the poor in the principles of the established church in england and wales , justice of the peace for the borough of bolton and salford hundred , liberal patron of the fine arts and a director of the london and north western railway under the chairmanship of sir richard moon and lord stalbridge , from 1871 until his death in 1894 .in 1839 -lrb- age 23 -rrb- while working for b. hick and son , john hick jr as he was referred to at the time , was awarded the silver medal by the society of arts for his novel invention of an expanding mandrel for turning lathes , it was an adaptation of a principle developed by marc brunel for pully block manufacture at portsmouth and received the praise of three eminent engineers ; bryan donkin , joshua field and john rennie .during 1842 hick was awarded a second silver medal...