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Samuel Plimsoll

British politician

Died when: 74 years 113 days (891 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Samuel Plimsoll

Samuel Plimsoll (10 February 1824 – 3 June 1898) was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line (a line on a ship's hull indicating the maximum safe draught, and therefore the minimum freeboard for the vessel in various operating conditions).


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