Thomas Tompion FRS
(1639-1713)
Died aged c. 74
Wikidata WikipediaThomas Tompion, FRS (1639–1713) was an English clockmaker, watchmaker and mechanician who is still regarded to this day as the "Father of English Clockmaking". Tompion's work includes some of the most historic and important clocks and watches in the world, and can command very high prices whenever outstanding examples appear at auction. A plaque commemorates the house he shared on Fleet Street in London with his equally famous pupil and successor George Graham.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
On this site lived two famous clockmakers Thomas Tompion F.R.S. "The Father of English Clockmaking" 1638-1713 and George Graham F.R.S. 1673-1751 both buried in Westminster Abbey
67 Fleet Street, EC4, London, United Kingdom where they lived
