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John Spier Heron, engineer
c.1842 Born in Bowdon, Cheshire
c.1860 Maker of wire mattresses
1861 Engineer, living in Bowdon[1]
Went into partnership with James Gresham to represent Giffard's injector
1866 Founder partner of Gresham and Heron to manufacture the injector.
1871 Civil engineer, living in Didsbury[2]
1875 Left Heron, Gresham and Craven in April due to ill health.
1880 Died in Southport
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