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Person    | Male  Born 21/6/1706  Died 30/11/1761

John Dolland

John Dolland

Optician, known for his successful optics business and his patenting and commercialization of achromatic doublets.  The business, founded in 1750, became Dollond & Aitchison in 1927, and was subsumed into Boots 2009-15. 

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John Dolland

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The date of death is in the foliage frieze, to the right, outside our photo.

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