John Whitehurst

(1713-1788)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Whitehurst, John, 1713-1788 NRA: Whitehurst John (1713-1788) Horologist DNB: Whitehurst, John (1713–1788), maker of clocks and scientific instruments, and geologist LBT ID: JoWhite1788 VIAF ID: 9965263 LOC ID: n84121431	B/BAP: 1713-04-10 DIED: 1788-02-18
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Of Derby, maker of clocks and scientific instruments; he was a member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham and published on geology.
REFERENCES TO John Whitehurst: William Godwin to Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, 15 June 1797 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 3 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. IX. 1797