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| Edward John Dent Known for making some of the world’s most precise watches, clocks and chronometers, Edward John Dent was born into a family in which masterful timekeeping was a trade above all others. Born in 1790 on August 19, Edward Dent was the eldest of two boys. By the time he reached the age of fourteen, Dent was already quite the watchmaker and had already begun apprenticing with John Wright Dent, his grandfather. It was nearly immediately after this that Edward Dent worked under the purview of his uncle, also a master watch and clock maker, named Richard Rippon. After showing a serious and unbending interest in the making of watches, clocks and chronometers, Edward’s grandfather allowed him to continue in this direction rather than going into the trade of candle making, which is what his original trade was to have been in accordance with the family’s wishes. Edward J. Dent later partnered with watchmaker John Arnold for nearly ten years, but the partnership ended with Dent starting his own watch making firm which he named E. J. Dent, London. It was under this company name that Dent was commissioned to make the Standard Clock to keep Greenwich Standard Time. Edward Dent passed away just before the completion of what is now known as Big Ben at the age of 62 at which point his son, Frederick Stephen Dent took over the project to see Big Ben through its completion in 1853. |
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