John Harington, English courtier and author (born 1561)

John Harington (writer)

English courtier and inventor, 1560–1612

Sir John Harington, of Kelston, Somerset, England, but born in London, was an English courtier, author and translator popularly known as the inventor of the flush toilet. He became prominent at Queen Elizabeth I's court, and was known as her "saucy Godson", but his poetry and…