Edward John Dent

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

Life

First Dent completed a Wachszieher teaching. Since 1810, he learned the watchmaker's craft from Richard Rippon. Between 1815 and 1830 he worked with Louis Benjamin Vulliamy and Paul Philip Barraud. He then formed a partnership with John Roger Arnold at the Arnold & Dent. In August 1829 he won the first prize for his chronometer No. 114 at the Seventh Annual Trial of chronometer.

On September 30, 1840, Dent became self-employed in London. He made pocket chronometer and chronometers for the Navy. The HMS Beagle (1820 ) 1831 was equipped with one of his chronometer. Added to this was the production of technically sophisticated pocket watches, pendant and tower clocks. His clocks were characterized by high accuracy. Dent has published numerous essays and research in the field of magnetic influences on watches. He was the holder of numerous patents. In July 1843 he married the widow Rippons, Elizabeth Rippon, who brought four children into the marriage.

Along with Edmund Beckett Denison made ​​Dent from 1843 the clock tower of the old building of the London Stock Exchange. With this together, he also received the order for the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster. However, he died before he could carry out the contract. Frederick Rippon Dent put the clock of Big Ben completed in 1854. Two of his stepsons, Frederick and Richard Rippon Dent, have his work in the company E. Dent & Co. Ltd.. continued, which produced up to 1966.

Writings

• On the errors of chrono meters in explanation of a new construction of the compensation balance