John Whitehurst
1713–88
Clockmaker and geologist. Traded as a clockmaker in Derby. Also made scientific instruments. A member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham. Appointed stamper of money weights to the mint. Moved to London by 1779. Published geological works. FRS 1779.
Source
ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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