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Born February 4, 1749 • Ashton-under-Lyne • England
Died March 1, 1829 (aged 80) • London • England
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
Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe
British horologist
Edward John Dent
British clockmaker
John Harrison, detail of an oil painting by Thomas King; in the Science Museum, London
John Harrison
British horologist
Mudge, Thomas
Thomas Mudge
British watchmaker
Graham, George
George Graham
British watchmaker
Quare, Daniel: Queen Ann clock
Daniel Quare
English clockmaker and inventor
Abraham-Louis Breguet
French watchmaker
Ferdinand Berthoud
French horologist
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
British inventor
Bryan Donkin
British industrialist
Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
British aircraft designer
William Greener
British inventor and gunsmith
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
Joseph Bramah
British inventor
Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham
British inventor
William George Armstrong, c. 1870
William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong
British engineer
Sir Goldsworthy Gurney
British inventor