John Tate (papermaker)

For other people named John Tate, see John Tate (disambiguation).

John Tate was the first English papermaker and was active in the second half of the 15th century. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography he was born about 1448. A businessman based in London, he was a member of the Mercers Company.

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