John Harrison (3 April [O.S. 24 March] 1693 – 24 March 1776) was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea.
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24 March 1693 Foulby, near Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Died |
24 March 1776 (aged 83) London, England
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Zodiac | Aries |
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