Gillott, JOSEPH, born at Sheffield on 11th October 1799, shares with Sir Josiah Mason the credit of having brought the manufacture of steel-pens to its present state of high perfection (see PENS). He died 5th January 1873.
Gillott, JOSEPH
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 212
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