• William Wales (c. 1838 – September 15, 1907) was an English-American optical instrument inventor specializing in the manufacture of objectives for use...
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  • Wally Wales (1895–1980), American film actor born as Floyd Taliaferro Alderson William Wales (1734–1798), English astronomer William Wales (optician) (1838...
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  • mathematician William W. Wales (1818–1902), Minnesota politician William Wales (optician) (1838?–1907), English American inventor William Walls (disambiguation)...
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  • 1801) 1893 – Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807) 1907 – William Wales (optician), English-American inventor (b. c. 1838) 1915 – Ernest Gagnon,...
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    published the first full book on opticians in 1623, where he mentioned the use and fitting of eyeglasses. In 1692, William Molyneux wrote a book on optics...
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  • Georgian writer, Orthodox priest and saint (b. 1837) September 15 – William Wales (optician), English-American inventor (b. c. 1838) September 19 – Jacob Morenga...
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  • naturalist and entomologist William Jones (optician) (1763–1831), English optician and scientific instrument maker William Allen Jones (1831–1897), Canadian...
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  • Harry Arthur Crowhurst (category British opticians)
    optician and partner in a lantern and optical supply business. In 1868, Crowhurst was born at St George the Martyr, London. He was the son of William...
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    John Browning (scientific instrument maker) (category British opticians)
    was listed as William Browning (deceased), with his profession that of optician. John Browning's occupation was also listed as optician. In 1891, the...
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    oldest chains of retail opticians in the United Kingdom, having been established in 1750. The business was absorbed into Boots Opticians in 2009 and stores...
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    1878, Louise and Alexandra left, saying that they were going to attend an optician consultation. However, they were actually arranging a meeting between Thyra...
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    warrants of appointment of the new reign. According to The Guardian, William, Prince of Wales will grant warrants from 2025. Royal warrants are awarded to only...
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  • leaving school Alexander worked in an insurance office and then for an optician to pay for drama lessons. At 5 feet 4 inches tall, Alexander was originally...
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    1875 in Southwark in London, aged 16, she married William Thomas Gillett (1853–1933), an optician. Her children were Edward George Gillett (1876–1953)...
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    Charles Street, Wrexham (category Streets in Wales)
    is a 1621 timber and thatch building, formerly the Hat Inn, and now an opticians. By the 19th century, this building was neighboured by a half-timbered...
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    obtaining a camera obscura for his work on theatrical scene painting from the optician Chevalier, was put into contact with Nicéphore Niépce, who had already...
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    The store holds two royal warrants granted by Charles, then Prince of Wales, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The shop is named after Peter Rees...
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    the sale of art supplies while also making a successful sideline as an optician. In 1876 in Bury St Edmunds he married Sarah née Pechey (1847–1917), the...
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  • held a royal warrant as purveyor of motorcars to Charles III (as Prince of Wales and later as King) since 1982, and has over 160 car dealerships in 53 countries...
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    III (in effect from 2025). Queen Camilla (in effect from 2025). William, Prince of Wales (in effect from 2025). Elizabeth II granted 686 royal warrants...
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  • Eating Cold Beans" recalling Mike's story of buying a camping stove for an optician he had just met. "The Socially Distant Sports Bar Is Like Being In The...
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    and the William Kent room. It also accommodates three of the Ritz' top suites: The Arlington Suite, the Royal Suite as well as the Prince of Wales Suite...
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  • Henry Jasper Redfern (category British opticians)
    Jasper Redfern, FSMC, BOA, (1871–1928), or Jasper Redfern was a British optician, photographer, exhibitor, filmmaker, proprietor of photographic and lantern...
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    apprenticed to an optician from Sydney; Egbert John Nuttall, an architect from Melbourne; Annie Dorrington, an artist from Perth; and William Stevens, a ship's...
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    modern-style dinner jacket, based on specifications provided by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) in the 1880s.[citation needed] The business first opened...
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    Christa Wolf, novelist and essayist Christian Wolff, philosopher Carl Zeiss, optician Among the collections which are open to the public are the Jena Phyletisches...
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  • the early cinemas. Captivated by the show he bought a projector from opticians J. Wrench and Sons, for the price of £80–00, either that same year or...
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    when making four images was found to be more practical, and in March 1860 optician Hyacinthe Hermagis patented a four-lens camera with a sliding back that...
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  • Book of World Records in April 2000. Truefitt was established in 1805 by William Francis Truefitt, who styled himself as hairdresser to the British Royal...
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    There are three other GP surgeries situated within the town, and numerous opticians, pharmacists and dentists. Oswestry is home to the second oldest 'free'...
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