| LC control no. | no2011196498 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Henry, B. Tyler (Benjamin Tyler), 1821-1898 |
| Variant(s) | Henry, Benjamin Tyler, 1821-1898 |
| Birth date | 18210322 |
| Death date | 18980608 |
| Place of birth | Claremont, N.H. |
| Place of death | Conn. |
| Affiliation | New Haven Arms Company Winchester Repeating Arms Company |
| Profession or occupation | Gunsmith |
| Found in | The historic Henry rifle, c2002: page 8 (B. Tyler Henry, superintendent of the New Haven Arms Company) Wikipedia, via WWW, December 16, 2011 (Benjamin Tyler Henry; American gunsmith and manufacturer; the inventor of the Henry rifle, the first reliable lever-action repeating rifle; hired by Oliver Winchester at the New Haven Arms Company in the late 1850s to improve the design of the Volcanic repeating rifle; on October 16, 1860, he received a patent on the Henry .44 caliber repeating rifle; he continued to work at the Winchester Repeating Arms Company until at least 1873) Home front heroes, 2007 (Henry, Benjamin Tyler (1821-1898); B. Tyler Henry; born March 22, 1821 in Claremont, New Hampshire; developed one of the first practical and reliable repeating rifles; was plant superintendent for Oliver Winchester at the New Havens Arms Company; patented a weapon that came to be known as the Henry rifle; retired to New Hampshire and died in 1898) Ancestry.com, via WWW, December 16, 2011 (Benjamin Tyler Henry; died June 8, 1898 in Connecticut) |
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