HOPPE, EBENEZER |
England, fl.1801-22, MIM NIM OIM |
Sextants = STR, FRK = Soth. 3/25/86, Christie 4/9/75; Double Sextant = HAR. |
apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company, May 7, 1793; free in the Company on March 3, 1801; took apprentices; T.C.; invented a `double' sextant in 1804; the Christie instrument is signed "Hoppé's Improved Sextant"; those in the STR and the FRK are signed "Hoppé Real Maker". |
51 Church Street, Little Minories (1801) and (1803); Edward Street, Limehouse Fields (1802) and (1809); all in London. |
Taylor 2(1159); Frank; Crawforth 1 & 7; RSW. |
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