Johannes Grant
Engineer, Person
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Who is Johannes Grant?
Johannes Grant or Johannis Grandi was an engineer employed by the Byzantine Empire at the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Contemporary Greek and Latin accounts referred to him as being German, although recent scholarship has suggested he may actually have been Scottish, named "John Grant". His use of counter-tunnelling prevented the Turks from weakening or invading Constantinople from under the walls.
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