Aaron Willard

Aaron Willard
Portrait by John Ritto Penniman
Born(1757-10-14)October 14, 1757
Grafton, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Empire
DiedMay 20, 1844(1844-05-20) (aged 86)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupationsentrepreneur, industrialist, clock designer

Aaron Willard (October 14, 1757 – May 20, 1844) was an entrepreneur, industrialist, and clockmaker who worked at his Roxbury, Massachusetts, factory during the early years of the United States of America.

While at the family farm at Grafton, Aaron Willard developed his career conjointly with his three brothers, who also became horologists (though Aaron's and his brother Simon's creations are the most significant).

He and Simon later moved to Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, where they developed factories independently from each other. Simon and Aaron Willard's clocks were the first economically accessible timepieces of the country.

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