The son of J.B. Dunlop riding the first bicycle with inflatable tyres. John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 ? 23 October 1921) was a Scottish inventor who developed the first practical pneumatic or inflatable tyre for his son's tricycle; and patented it on 7 December 1888. 'Histoire de la Locomotion terrestre: la locomotion naturelle; l'attelage; la voiture; le cyclisme; la locomotion mecanique; l'automobile'; by Charles Dollfus; Baudry de Saunier and Edgar de Geoffroy (Paris 1935/1942)