Ruth Belville
Deceased Person
1854 – 1943
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Who was Ruth Belville?
Elizabeth Ruth Naomi Belville, also known as the Greenwich Time Lady, was a businesswoman from London. She, her mother Maria Elizabeth, and her father John Henry, sold people the time. This was done by setting a watch to Greenwich Mean Time, as shown by the Greenwich clock, and then selling people the time by letting them look at their watch.
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