Who invented the toilet?

Answer 1

Depends on what you mean. There were ancient, primitive versions. But you probably want the MODERN "FLUSH toilet", whose earliest version dates to the late 16th century, though effective versions were not invented until the late 18th century, esp. by Joseph Bramah in 1778.
http://www.bookrags.com/Joseph_Bramah

See the timeline here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet#Invention_timeline

As for Thomas Crapper -- he WAS a 19th century British plumber, but he did NOT invent the toilet. This story has been popularized by a facetious biography (whose very title "Flushed with Pride..." gives it away as a joke, though oddly many have missed it!)

For the real scoop on Mr. (NOT "Sir") Crapper, and the Dutch origin of the word "crap" (which came long before him!) see:
http://www.theplumber.com/crapper.html

Answer 2

Thomas Crapper.
Crapper was an engineer who is credited with the invention of the flushing toilet and adding the word crap to the English language.

Crapper was born in Waterside, Yorkshire in 1836, the son of a steamboat captain. At the age of fourteen, Crapper was apprenticed to a plumber in Chelsea, where he served as a journeyman. In 1861, Crapper started his own business in London, called Thomas Crapper and Co. The company manufactured sanitary ware, bathroom fittings and in particular the flush toilet, which made the firm famous. The merchandise was noted for its quality and value, and the company thrived. The products became regular household items throughout the country. Some ‘Crapper’ manhole covers may be seen today in Westminster Abbey. The firm drew the attention of the Royal Family, and Crapper was commissioned to fit out the Royal country house of Sandringham with thirty water closets with cederwood seats. The company enjoyed Royal patronage even after Crapper’s death and obtained several Royal Warrants.

The assumption that Crapper invented the flushing toilet in untrue. The device was created by Sir John Harington, a courtier of Elizabeth I, who had a ‘john’ built at the palace. It was developed by Alexander Cummins, whose device allowed a modicum of water to remain in the bowl to prevent seepage from the sewers. Crapper did popularise the loo and made it an accepted domestic fixture. The notion that Crapper gave his scatological name to faeces is just crap. The word ‘crap’, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, derives from the Middle English ‘crappe’, meaning chaff or residue from rendered fat.

Crapper died in 1910 and is buried in Beckenham Cemetery, Elmers End Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TD.

Answer 3

The ancient Egyptians had the first toilets. They can be found at Deir el Medinah, an ancient workman's village in the desert outside the Valley of the Kings. Villas and estates nearer the Nile River had the river diverted to clean out the human waste.

Answer 4

Sir John Harington in 1596, with Alexander Cummings' 1775 toilet regarded as the first of the modern line

Answer 5

Joseph Bramah, in 1778. He also invented the beer pull.
Crapper was later. American servicement saw the name on sanitary ware in London in WWI and took up the idea because they already had the word 'crap' - it's New York Dutch.
Harrington's invention was worse than useless.

Answer 6

Thomas Crapper. That is why people use crap as a slang word for going to the toilet

Answer 7

T.Crapper in Europe if you mean the idea of what we use today, tank, water flushing away, etc.

But actually ancient egypt had public restrooms that could seat 40 at a time and used running water from local streams to flush away.

Answer 8

which toilet? there have been many modifications as time went on.... Adam used nature as his toilet, then some few thousand years later some else decided to use a bucket and dump on poor by standers... then years later we have this white bowl filled with water to flush our dirty work away.... and for the lazy jerks who dont want to wash their bums, the Japanese have this toilet to wash their bottoms for 'em

Answer 9

A Native American Indian named John Sitsalot

Answer 10

Joseph Plumber.