John Palmer
... that John Palmer instigated a major reform of the British postal system in 1784, when his experimental mail coach run from Bristol to London took only 16 hours instead of 38 hours?
... that <b id="mwBI0"><a href="./John_Palmer_(postal_innovator)" id="mwBI4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Palmer (postal innovator)">John Palmer</a></b> instigated a major reform of the <a href="./Royal_Mail" id="mwBI8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Mail">British postal system</a> in 1784, when his experimental <a href="./Mail_coach" id="mwBJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mail coach">mail coach</a> run from <a href="./Bristol" id="mwBJE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> to <a href="./London" id="mwBJI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="London">London</a> took only 16 hours instead of 38 hours?