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Facts

Born March 1693 • England
Died March 24, 1776 (aged 83) • London • England
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1749)

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John Harrison
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Edward John Dent
British clockmaker
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Ferdinand Berthoud
horologist and author
Bracket clock with oak case, ebony veneer, and gilt bronze mounts by Thomas Tompion, c. 1690; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Thomas Tompion
English clockmaker
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Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe
English lawyer and horologist
Quare, Daniel: Queen Ann clock
Daniel Quare
English clockmaker and inventor
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Thomas Earnshaw
English watchmaker
banjo clock
Simon Willard
American clockmaker
Chauncey Jerome clock
Chauncey Jerome
American inventor
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Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
British engineer
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
English engineer and inventor
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Bryan Donkin
British industrialist
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Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
British aircraft designer
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William Greener
gunmaker and inventor
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James Starley
British inventor
Whitworth, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist
Sir Joseph Whitworth, Baronet
British engineer
Arkwright, detail of an engraving by J. Jenkins after a portrait by Joseph Wright
Sir Richard Arkwright
British industrialist and inventor
Mudge, Thomas
Thomas Mudge
British watchmaker
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Joseph Bramah
British inventor
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Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham
British inventor
Graham, George
George Graham
English watchmaker