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John Spilman

British papermaker · Germany · On the map · Founders · Died 1626

Sir John Spilman was a Lindau, Holy Roman Empire-born businessman who founded the first commercially successful paper-mill in England, establishing a factory on the River Darenth in Dartford, Kent in 1588. Spilman was also jeweller to Queen Elizabeth I, and was knighted by King James I.

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