# Samuel Galton

> Samuel John Galton Jr. FRS was an English arms manufacturer. He was born in Duddeston, Birmingham, England, into a Quaker family. He would go on to join his father's gun manufacturing company. He was a member of the Lunar Society in December of 1785 and lived at Great Barr Hall, one of the meeting places for the Lunar Society. He also built a house at Warley Woods, and commissioned Humphry Repton to lay out its grounds.

*English arms manufacturer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1753-06-18
- **Died:** 1832-06-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Samuel Galton](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Galton)
- [Samuel John Galton](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_John_Galton)
- [Samuel Galton Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Galton_Jr.)
- [Samuel Galton Jr.](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Galton_Jr.)
- [Samuel Galton](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Galton)
- [Samuel Galton](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Galton)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741817)

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