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Durs Egg
1748-00-00 – 1831-01-01
Life & Legacy
Durs Egg (1745–1822) was a Swiss-born British gunmaker, noted for his flintlock pistols and for his company's production of the Ferguson rifle.
Egg was apprenticed in Solothurn and Paris before establishing his own business in London in 1772. He was a contemporary of Joseph Manton, Jean Samuel Pauly, and the uncle of Joseph Egg.
Occupation & Career
inventor, gunsmith
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q3041625 — wikidata View source
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