Seth Thomas

male, deceased (1859)
American Clock Maker, Business Person, American, clock, wolcott, clockmaker…Longcase clock
Seth Thomas (1785 - 1859) was a famous 19th century American clock maker and a pioneer of mass production. Thomas was born in Wolcott, Connecticut,...
John Harrison

John Harrison

male, deceased (1776)
Yorkshireman, marine chronometer, Watchmaker, From West Yorkshire, From Yorkshire, GBP…clock
John Harrison was an English clockmaker who revolutionised and extended the possibility of safe long distance sea travel in the Age of Sail by...
Christiaan Huygens

Christiaan Huygens

male, deceased (1695)
law of motion, Newton's laws of motion, Dutch Christian, New Latin author, Dutch music theorist, titan…pendulum clock, clock
Christiaan Huygens (pronounced in English : ; in Dutch:) (April 14, 1629 - July 8, 1695), was a Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist; born...
Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker

male, deceased (1806) (Maryland, United States)
African American, clock, caucasian race, Publisher, farm, colonies
Benjamin Banneker, originally Banna Ka, or Bannakay (November 9, 1731-October 9, 1806) was a free African American mathematician, astronomer,...
Al-Jazari

Al-Jazari

male
connecting rod, clock, mechanical, segment, reciprocating engine, cam…water clock
Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Razzaz Al-Jazari I (1136-1206) was an important Arab Muslim scholar, inventor, and mechanical engineer during the Islamic Golden...

Joseph Johnson

male, deceased (1851)
Watchmaker, inventor, movement, horology, British, pocket watch…clock
Joseph Johnson of Liverpool was a highly respected and successful British master clock, watch and chronometer maker. He was working in Liverpool...
Tim Hunkin

Tim Hunkin

male, 59 years old
In the Flesh, From suffolk, Animals, Channel Four, Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge…clock
Tim Hunkin (born 1950) is an English engineer, cartoonist, writer, and artist living in Suffolk, England. He is best known for creating the Channel...
Aaron Willard

Aaron Willard

male, deceased (1848)
entrepreneur, grafton, designer, clockmaker, American, clock
Aaron Willard ("b." October 13, 1757, Grafton, Massachusetts, United States; "d." August 30, 1848, Boston, Massachusetts, United States) was an...

Ctesibius

male
Hellenistic civilization, Hellenistic Egyptian, greek, Egyptian, hellenistic world, Museum of Alexandria…water clock, clock
Ctesibius or Ktesibios or Tesibius was a Greek or Egyptian inventor and mathematician in Alexandria. His contributions to mathematics and science...
Taqi Al-Din

Taqi Al-Din

male, deceased (1585)
Al-Turuq al-samiyya fi al-alat al-ruhaniyya, Islamic astrology, Muslim inventions, Muslim scientist, inventor, Islamic astronomy…clock
Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf al-Shami al-Asadi was a major Muslim scientist and inventor. He is the author of several texts on astronomy,...