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   Who was John Walker?

   • This chemist was John Walker, ordinary pharmacist and chemist whose insight and innovation managed to kickstart entire modern industry of matches and lighters. Walker was born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1781 as a son of John Walker (proprietor of a grocers and wine merchants) and his wife Mary Peacock (who married him in 1766).

   John Walker - Inventor of the Friction Matches

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   How did John Walker become famous?

   • Sir Isaac Holden independently took over the business that Walker left unfinished and started selling his own matches across the world, gaining the fame as inventor of matches. John Walker was buried on May 1st 1859 at St. Mary the Virgin Church Parish Yard, Norton, England. He was credited with the invention of matches only after his death.

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   Why did John Walker not patent his invention?

   • These matches were very popular in the town, with one early customer being the Stockton to Darlington Railway, but their fame soon spread. John Walker did not patent his invention as he thought it would benefit mankind however other inventors were not so benevolent and did protect their "spin off" developments.

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   How did John Walker make friction lights?

   • By 1827 John Walker was selling these "friction lights" or matches to the public at 1s 2d (6 new pence) per 100 in a tin case with piece of sandpaper to ignite them. Originally the matches were made of pasteboard but 3 inch splints of wood were soon substituted - the friction head was added to the stick by dipping.

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   John Walker (29 May 1781 – 1 May 1859) was an English inventor who invented the friction match.

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   This chemist was John Walker, ordinary pharmacist and chemist whose insight and innovation managed to kickstart entire modern industry of matches and lighters.

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5. www.britannica.com › biography › John-Walker-EnglishJohn Walker | English chemist and apothecary | Britannica

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   …friction matches were invented by John Walker, an English chemist and apothecary, whose ledger of April 7, 1827, records the first sale of such matches. Walker’s “Friction Lights” had tips coated with a potassium chloride–antimony sulfide paste, which ignited when scraped between a fold of sandpaper.

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   John Walker - Inventor of the Friction Match. John Walker (1781 - 1859) was born on 29 May 1781 in his parents house at 104 High Street, Stockton. His father John Walker, was the proprietor...

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   Apr 7, 2020 · On April 7, 1827, John Walker of Stockton-on-Tees, England (Dunham County), first sold the item he had invented the year before, the now taken for granted friction match.

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   The first friction matches were invented by John Walker, an English chemist and apothecary, whose ledger of April 7, 1827, records the first sale of such matches. Walker’s “Friction Lights” had tips coated with a potassium chloride–antimony sulfide paste, which ignited when scraped between a fold of sandpaper.

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   John Walker, the inventor of the friction match, was born in Stockton-on-Tees on 29 May 1781. After his education, he became an apprentice to Watson Alcock, one of the town’s most important surgeons, but his interests lay mainly in botany and chemistry.