# John Shore

> John Shore was an English trumpeter and lutenist. He invented the tuning fork in 1711. Shore came from a family of musicians including the singer Catherine Shore. He was Sergeant Trumpeter to the court. He is credited with demonstrating that the trumpet, which up till then had been a military instrument, could be used in an orchestral role. Shore had parts specifically written for him by both George Frideric Handel and Henry Purcell.

*British musician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1662
- **Died:** 1752-11-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.0 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 7.6 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Джон Шор](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%80)
- [John Shore](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shore)
- [John Shore (trumpeter)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shore_(trumpeter))
- [John Shore](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shore)
- [ג'ון שור](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8)
- [John Shore (muzikant)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shore_(muzikant))
- [John Shore](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shore)
- [Шор, Джон (трубач)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%87))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373295)

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