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   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.
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