Person    | Male  Born 1639  Died 1713

Thomas Tompion

Categories: Craft / Design

F.R.S. "the father of English clockmaking". Buried in Westminster Abbey.

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Thomas Tompion

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Clockmakers

On this site lived two famous clockmakers, Thomas Tompion, F.R.S. "the father...

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Tipperary pub

Maps showing the route of the River Fleet do not show it passing through this...

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Tompion at St John's

Thomas Tompion, clock maker, 1639 - 1713.

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