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Born April 21, 1830 • England • (Birthday tomorrow)
Died June 17, 1881 (aged 51) • Coventry • England

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Thomas Tompion
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George Stephenson
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John Harrison, detail of an oil painting by Thomas King; in the Science Museum, London
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