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Bentham, Samuel (1757–1831)  

Maker: Henry Edridge

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23 September 2004
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Samuel Bentham (1757–1831) by Henry Edridge, c. 1795–1800 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Bentham, Samuel (1757–1831), naval architect and inventor  

Catherine Pease-Watkin

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Bentham, Samuel (1757–1831), naval architect and inventor, was born in London on 11 January 1757, the youngest of the seven children of Jeremiah Bentham (1712–1792), an attorney, and his wife, Alicia Woodward Whitehorne (d. 1759), the eldest daughter of Thomas Grove, an ...

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Davis, Sir Robert Henry (1870–1965), inventor of diving and breathing apparatus  

Richard Compton-Hall

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Davis, Sir Robert Henry (1870–1965), inventor of diving and breathing apparatus, was born in London on 6 June 1870, the eldest son of Robert Davis, a detective in the City of London police force. In 1882, aged eleven, Davis entered the firm of ...