John Walker

Chemist, Inventor

1781 – 1859

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Who was John Walker?

John Walker was an English chemist who invented the friction match.

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Born
May 29, 1781
Stockton-on-Tees
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Died
May 1, 1859
Stockton-on-Tees

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on July 23, 2013

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