John Harrison
John Harrison was an English joiner and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought device for solving the problem of how to calculate longitude while at sea. Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Coverage this week
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Storylines
Yesterday
- M. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for The End of Everything
First: BBC News, 2 hr 35 min before anyone else
- M. John Harrison becomes oldest Booker Prize winner
First: ABC News (Australia), 52 min before anyone else