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Jonathan Betts was born on 1 January, 1955, is a Curator Emeritus at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Discover Jonathan Betts's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?
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Jonathan Betts Height, Weight & Measurements
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Jonathan Betts Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jonathan Betts worth at the age of 69 years old? Jonathan Betts’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from . We have estimated Jonathan Betts's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Jonathan Betts MBE (born January 1955) is Curator Emeritus at the Royal Observatory (National Maritime Museum), Greenwich, a horological scholar and author, and an expert on the first marine timekeepers created by John Harrison in the middle of the 18th century.
He was formerly Senior Specialist in horology at Greenwich.
In 1975 he was awarded the Tremayne National Prize for Practical Watchmaking.
For the following five years, he practised as a self-employed horology conservator.
In 1980 he was appointed Senior Horology Conservator at the National Maritime Museum, and in 1989 was presented the museum's Callender Award for his contribution to horological conservation.
He was appointed Curator of Horology in 1990 and became Senior Specialist in 2001.
He is the biographer of Rupert Gould, the restorer of the Harrison timekeepers.
In 1996, Betts provided the idea and detail for a central element in the plot of Time on Our Hands, an episode from the British TV comedy Only Fools and Horses.
In 2000, he acted as an adviser on Granada's television drama Longitude.
In 2002 he was awarded the Clockmakers' Company's Harrison Gold Medal and the British Horological Institute's Barrett Medal in 2008, and is a Huntington Fellow at the Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the Society of Antiquaries, of the British Horological Institute, and of the International Institute of Conservation.
He is Vice-Chairman and also Honorary Librarian of the Antiquarian Horological Society, and serves as Horological Adviser to the National Trust, as well as Clocks Adviser to the Anglican Diocese of Southwark.
He is Curatorial Adviser for the substantial collection of clocks at Belmont House and Gardens in the care of the Harris (Belmont) Charity.
He is also Curatorial Adviser to both the Clockmakers' Company and the Wallace Collection.
The biography was published in 2006 by Oxford University Press under the title Time Restored: The Harrison Timekeepers and RT Gould, the Man Who Knew (Almost) Everything.
In 2014 he served as Master of the Clockmakers Company.
He serves on the vetting committee of the annual art fair organised by the British Antique Dealers' Association, and was chairman of the vetting committee of London's Masterpiece Fair.
Between 2016 and 2019 he served on the board of trustees of the Institute of Conservation.
From a family of retail watchmakers and jewellers, he took the British Horological Institute finals in technical horology.
