Browse DSIDetails of the item << Previous Next >> Whitehurst John J. W. ; 1713 in Congleton, England 1788 London clockmaker John Whitehurst the Elder (1xxx-1xxx) England, UK J. W.: An Inquiry into the original state and formation of the earth, deduced from facts and the laws of natur (London 1778) ; Lunar Society, Birmingham ; Royal Society London (member since 1779) ; artist -> Joseph Wright of Derby ; scientist Erasmus Darwin ; technologist Boulton & technologist Josiah Wedgwood ; geological drawing www.google.de/imgres?um=1&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&hl=de&biw=1920&bih=904&tbm=isch&tbnid=QY-tG5YvjZf2LM:&imgrefurl=htt www.search.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/default.asp?resource=1645&offset=0 Maxwell Craven: J. W. of Derby. Clockmaker & Scientist 1713-88 (Derbyshire 1996) ; Jenny Uglow: The Lunar Men (London 2003) ; Since 1736 active in Derby; his last house was based in London, Fleetstreet. He was buried in St. Andrew's burying ground. 9965263
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