Edward John Dent

Edward John Dent (1790-1853)

E. Dent & Co. Ltd. company advertisement, around 1930

Edward John Dent (born August 19, 1790 in London ; † March 8, 1853 ibid) was an English watchmaker and founder of the company of the same name.

Life

First, Dent completed a wax drawing apprenticeship. From 1810 he learned the watchmaking trade with Richard Rippon. Between 1815 and 1830 he worked with Benjamin Louis Vulliamy and Paul Philipp Barraud . He then entered into a partnership with John Roger Arnold under the company Arnold & Dent . In August 1829 he won first prize for his number 114 chronometer at the Seventh Annual Trial of Chronometers .

On September 30, 1840, Dent went into business for himself in London. He made pocket chronometers and chronometers for the Navy. The HMS Beagle (1820) was equipped with one of its chronometers in 1831. In addition, there was the production of technically sophisticated pocket watches , pendulum clocks and tower clocks . His watches were characterized by their high accuracy. Dent published numerous articles and did research in the field of magnetic influences on watches. He was the owner of numerous patents. In July 1843 he married Rippon's widow, Elizabeth Rippon, who brought four children into the marriage.

Together with Edmund Beckett Denison , Dent manufactured the tower clock of the old building of the London Stock Exchange from 1843 . With this together he also received the order for the tower clock of the Palace of Westminster . However, he died before he could do the job. Frederick Rippon Dent completed the Big Ben clock in 1854. Two of his step-sons, Frederick and Richard Rippon Dent, started their work at E. Dent & Co. Ltd. continued, which produced until 1966.

Fonts

On the errors of chronometers an explanation of a new construction of the compensation balance

literature

Edward John Dent. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 02, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.bridica.com/EBchecked/topic/158004/Edward-John-Dent

Web links

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Search for Edward John Dent in the German Digital Library
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History of Dent watches (Engl.)
Entry on important personalities in the watch industry ( Memento from September 3, 2012 on WebCite )
Brief biographies of watch manufacturers

Individual evidence

↑ Mercer, Vaudrey: The Life and Letters of Edward John Dent, Chronometer Maker and some account of his Successors , The Antiquarian Horological Society 1977, p.19, ISBN 0901180165 .
↑ Mercer, Vaudrey: The Life and Letters of Edward John Dent, Chronometer Maker and some account of his Successors , The Antiquarian Horological Society 1977. p.101, ISBN 0901180165 .
^ Institute of Historical Research, "Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section: General Guide," University of London , accessed January 14, 2012

personal data
SURNAME	Dent, Edward John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English watchmaker
DATE OF BIRTH	August 19, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	March 8, 1853
Place of death	London

[1] Mercer, Vaudrey: The Life and Letters of Edward John Dent, Chronometer Maker and some account of his Successors , The Antiquarian Horological Society 1977, p.19, ISBN 0901180165 .

[2] Mercer, Vaudrey: The Life and Letters of Edward John Dent, Chronometer Maker and some account of his Successors , The Antiquarian Horological Society 1977. p.101, ISBN 0901180165 .

[3] Institute of Historical Research, "Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section: General Guide," University of London , accessed January 14, 2012