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Person    | Male  Born 1796  Died 1864

Henry Stephens

Categories: Industry, Medicine

Henry Stephens

Doctor and Inventor. Born Finchley. He invented an indelible blue-black ink. Not to be confused with his son Henry Charles 'Inky' Stephens.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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