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Edward John Dent

Header: Edward John Dent
Also known as: Edward John Dent; primary name: Dent, Edward John
Details: individual; clockmaker/watchmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1790-1853
Address: 33 Cockspur Street, London
Biography: Clock, watchmaker and chronometer maker. Apprenticed to Richard Rippon and married his widow. Clockmakers' Company free 1831, succeeded by his step-sons Frederick (q.v.) and Richard, company continued as E Dent & Co (later Ltd) until c.1976. Watchmaker to the Queen, then clockmaker to the King. Received order for Westminster (Big Ben) which was completed by his stepson Frederick.
Bibliography: Sundials at Greenwich 2002, p.440. Vaudrey Mercer, 1977 'Edward John Dent and his Successors', The Antiquarian Horological Society. Loomes, B. (2006). "Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World", N.A.G. Press, London Britten, F.J. (1986). "Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers - A History of Styles in Clocks and Watches and their Mechanisms", Bloomsbury Books, London

17 related objects

blindman's watch

Museum number: 1958,1201.982 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1850-1860 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

calendar watch; chronograph watch; minute-repeating watch; lunar watch; independent centre-seconds watch

Museum number: 1958,1201.978 |
Producer name: Made by:Edward John DentDial made by:Thomas Willis |
Production date: 1892 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)Dial made in:London (England)

centre-seconds watch; split-seconds chronograph

Museum number: 1958,1201.981 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1841-1851 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

chronometer-component

Museum number: 1976,0202.5 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

chronometer-component

Museum number: 1958,1006.3383 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

chronometer-component

Museum number: 1976,0202.10 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

chronometer-component

Museum number: 1976,0202.11 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

chronometer-component

Museum number: 1958,1006.3376 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1865-1875 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

chronometer-component

Museum number: 1976,0202.6 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

chronometer-component; case

Museum number: 1958,1006.3009 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1835-1840 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

chronometer-component

Museum number: 1976,0202.7 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

half-hunter watch

Museum number: 1958,1201.977 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1889 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

half-hunter watch

Museum number: 1958,1201.983 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1850-1860 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

watch

Museum number: 1958,1201.1294 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

watch

Museum number: 1958,1201.1591 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1840 -1850 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

watch

Museum number: 1958,1201.1590 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1840-1841 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1958,1201.1387 |
Producer name: BIOG68351 Made by:Edward John Dent |
Production date: 1790-1853 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)