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British clockworker

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John Harrison was a British clockmaker, astronomer, inventor, and designer. Born on March 24, 1693, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, he resided at Red Lion Square. He died in London on March 24, 1776. Harrison was a male who spoke and wrote in the English language. He received the Copley Medal and was nominated for the title of inventor. His life and work have been described in sources including the Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1945
Works
68

Top works

  • Los mejores relatos de fantasia II
  • Luz
  • Prime Evil
  • Viriconium Nights
  • New Worlds 5

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1943-02-24
Active to
2001-11-29
britishelectronicexperimentalfolkfolk poppop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
22,601
Total plays
167,370

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There is more than one artist called John Harrison. 1) John Harrison is composer of the music for George Romero's "Day Of The Dead"(1985) and "Creepshow"(1982), for which Stephen King wrote the script, and Romero directed. 2) John Harrison is an original member of The Watersons, an English folk group from Hull in Yorkshire. Other original members were Norma Waterson, Mike Waterson, and Lal Waterson. John Harrison was their cousin. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Harrison">Read more on

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,531x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,586x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,896x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,562x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,128x

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Key facts

Born
3 April [ O.S. 24 March ] 1693, Foulby , Wakefield , West Riding of Yorkshire in England
Died
24 March 1776 (1776-03-24) (aged 82), London , England
Known for
Bimetallic strip , Gridiron pendulum , Grasshopper escapement , Longitude by chronometer , Marine chronometer
Awards
Copley Medal (1749) , Longitude rewards (1737 & 1773)
Fields
Horology & carpentry

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Encyclopedic overview

John Harrison (3 April [O.S. 24 March] 1693 – 24 March 1776) was an English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of how to calculate longitude while at sea.

Harrison's solution revolutionized navigation and greatly increased the safety of long-distance sea travel. The problem he solved had been considered so important following the Scilly naval disaster of 1707 that the British Parliament was offering financial rewards of up to £20,000 (equivalent to £3.83 million in 2025) under the 1714 Longitude Act, though Harrison never received the full reward due to political rivalries. He presented his first design in 1730, and worked over many years on improved designs, making several advances in time-keeping technology, finally turning to what were called sea watches. Harrison gained support from the Longitude Board in building and testing his designs. Towards the end of his life, he received recognition and a reward from Parliament.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Harrison” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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