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GILLOTT, JOSEPH (1799-1873)
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See also:GILLOTT, See also:JOSEPH (1799-1873) , See also:English See also:pen-maker, was See also:born at See also:Sheffield on the 11th of See also:October 1799. For some See also:time he was a working See also:cutler there, but in 1821 removed to See also:Birmingham, where he found employment in the " See also:steel See also:toy " See also:trade, the technical name for the manufacture of steel buckles, chains and See also:light ornamental steel-See also:work generally. About 183o he turned his See also:attention to the manufacture of steel pens by machinery, and in 1831 patented a See also:process for placing elongated points on the nibs of pens. Subsequently he invented other improvements, getting rid of the hardness and lack of flexibility, which had been 'a serious defect in nibs, by cutting, in addition to the centre slit, See also:side slits, and See also:cross grinding the points. By 1859 he had built up a very large business. Gillott was a liberal See also:art-See also:patron, and one of the first to recognize the merits of J. M. W. See also:Turner. He died at Birming'aam on the 5th of See also:January 1873. His collection of pictures, sold after his See also:death, realized Li70,000. End of Article: GILLOTT, JOSEPH (1799-1873)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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