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How Queen Elizabeth I Held Back the Toilet

by David Tollen | Sep 17, 2014 | The Early Modern Age

The forerunner of the modern toilet appeared in 1596. An English nobleman named Sir John Harrington invented it and gave one to his godmother, Queen Elizabeth. Royal examples tend to shape culture. Witness the gentleman’s wig: a totally unnecessary hairpiece...
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