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inventor, designer, founder
Aaron Lufkin Dennison was an American watchmaker and businessman who founded a number of companies. Dennison was the first to adapt the concept of interchangeable parts to the production of poket watches. He is generally credited with being the father of american production of watchmaking.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, watchmaker, precision mechanics
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variant spelling:
Dennison, Aaron Lufkin
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Curriculum vitae
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* 06.03.1812
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Freeport, Maine
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born
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1830
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he apprenticed to a jeweler and watchmaker
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1844
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he funds Dennison Manifacturing company
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1850
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he founds Waltham Watch company with Edward Howard
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1874
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He started a business making watch cases in Birmingham
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† 09.01.1895
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Birmingham
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died
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