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About John Bird
John Bird was a British mathematical instrument maker with an interest in astronomy who was notable for making high quality mural quadrants, octants, and sextants. Nevil Maskelyne used sextants made by Bird that had telescopes specially made by John Dollond and his son Peter.
Everything about John Bird →- Occupation
- astronomer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1709
- Died
- March 31, 1776