Seth Thomas

male, deceased (1859)
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)
John Harrison was an English clockmaker who revolutionised and extended the possibility of safe long distance sea travel in the Age of Sail by...
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

male, deceased (1865)
Thomas Chandler Haliburton (December 17, 1796 - August 27, 1865) was one of the first major Canadian authors. Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova...
Eli Terry

Eli Terry

male, deceased (1852)
Eli Terry Sr (April 13, 1772 - February 24, 1852) was an influential clockmaker in Connecticut, and the first inventor to receive a United States...

George Graham

male, deceased (1751)
George Graham (1674?-1751) was an English clockmaker and inventor and a member of the Royal Society. He was partner to the influential English...
Thomas Tompion

Thomas Tompion

male, deceased (1713)
Thomas Tompion (1639-1713) was an English master clockmaker and watchmaker known today as "the father of English watchmaking". Thomas Tompion was...
Simon Willard

Simon Willard

male, deceased (1848)
Simon Willard (April 3, 1753, Grafton, Massachusetts, – August 30, 1848, Roxbury, Massachusetts) was a celebrated U.S. clockmaker whose business wa...
John Whitehurst

John Whitehurst

male, deceased (1788)
John Whitehurst (10 April 1713 - 18 February 1788) of Cheshire, England was a clockmaker and scientist, and made significant early contributions to...
Alexander Bain

Alexander Bain

male, deceased (1877)
Alexander Bain, was a Scottish instrument inventor, technician, and clockmaker. He invented the electric clock, the electric printing telegraph,...
Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker

male, deceased (1806) (Maryland, United States)
Benjamin Banneker, originally Banna Ka, or Bannakay (November 9, 1731-October 9, 1806) was a free African American mathematician, astronomer,...