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John Moses Browning (January 23, 1855 [1] – November 26, 1926) was an American firearm designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. [2]
His grandfather, Jonathan Browning, opened a gun shop in Ogden in 1852. [2] His father, John Browning, is regarded as one of the most successful firearms designers of the 19th and 20th centuries. [2] Browning graduated from Ogden High School in 1913 and later studied law and engineering at Cornell University. [3]
He was born in about 1369, the eldest son and heir of John Browning by his wife Alice Mautravers, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Mautravers, MP, of Hooke in Dorset (and a half-sister of John Maltravers, 1st Baron Maltravers (c.1290–1364) [3]), by his second wife Joan Foliot, daughter and heiress of Sir Walter Foliot of Nantwich, Cheshire, and of Melbury Sampford in Dorset.
He fathered 22 children and had two stepdaughters; prominent among them was the gun designer John Moses Browning, who became one of the most important figures in the development of modern automatic and semi-automatic firearms; and Matthew Sandefur Browning (1859 – 1923), co-founder of Browning Brothers.
John Brookes: Gentleman Edward Browne: Gentleman Brown, E. 1607–08–15 James Brumfield: Boy Brunfield, J. Andrew Buckler: Shipmaster [12] Bucler, A. 1625 [citation needed] William Bruster: Gentleman Brewster, W. 1607–08–10 Died from native wound John Capper: Carpenter Not listed [as alive] after June 1607 [13] George Cassen: Labourer ...
Browning Arms Company (originally John Moses and Matthew Sandefur Browning Company) is an American marketer of firearms and fishing gear. The company was founded in Ogden, Utah , in 1878 by brothers John Moses Browning (1855–1926) and Matthew Sandefur Browning (1859–1923).
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John Browning was born in Norfolk, England in 1831. Browning's family held shipping interests, which in September 1844 at the age of just thirteen, would lead to him travelling to the East Indies. [1] Later, at the age of 24, he would navigate the Pacific (1855–1856) as captain of the whaling vessel Susan.