John Harrison
24 March 1693 — 24 March 1776
John Harrison was an English joiner and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of how to calculate longitude while at sea.
A memorial on Digital Cemetery, an endless map you can explore. This grave stands at coordinates 13, 37.
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