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Matthew Berge Unknown - 1819

occupation:
Mathematical instrument maker,
Optician
Nationality:
English; British
born in:
United Kingdom

Traded at 199 Piccadilly, London, former foreman to Jesse Ramsden, scientific instrument maker, for upwards of 30 yrs; after Ramsden's death in 1800 he completed all the major unfinished instruments and continued trading on the premises.

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