Collection

Thomas Wright Unknown - 1767

occupation:
Mathematical instrument maker
Nationality:
English; British

learned trade from John Rowley; active from 1718; traded at the sign of The Orrery & Globe, Fleet Street, London; appointed Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Royal Highness, George, Prince of Wales (later George II); retired from business in 1748

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