John Harrison blue plaque

Foulby, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom

John Harrison the inventor of the marine chronometer which first allowed the location of longitude at sea by mechanical means, was baptised in Wragby parish in 1693 and spent his childhood here in Foulby. He died in 1776.

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