biography
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| (1730–1803)
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| biography:
| Auctioneer, born in London, UK. He founded the well-known London auctioneering firm in 1766. Two of his sons were James (1773–1831), antiquary and auctioneer, and Samuel Hunter (1784–1865), student of magnetism and professor of mathematics at Woolwich (1806–50). Samuel's son, Sir William Henry Mahoney (1845–1922), was astronomer royal (1881–1910). |
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