James Tytler was a Scottish apothecary and the editor of the second edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. Tytler became the first person in Britain to fly by ascending in a hot air balloon (1784).
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1745 to 1804 · aged 58
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