biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1782–1853)
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| biography:
| Bookseller and inventor, born in Arbroath, Angus, E Scotland, UK. A bookseller and newspaper publisher in Dundee, he advocated faster mail services in 1825, and is one of several candidates cited as the inventor of adhesive postage stamps. |
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