Deaths on November 30

John Dollond

Died on November 30, 1761

John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (b. 1706)

John Dollond FRS (10 June O.S. (21 June N.S.) 1706 – 30 November 1761) was an English optician, known for his successful optics business and his patenting and commercialization of achromatic doublets.

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