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Lt Lempriere
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Lt Lempriere

British, 1855 - 1949
BiographyLieutenant George Philip Lempriere of Handsworth was famous throughout Great Britain and Europe for his balloon ascents and parachute descents. He is recognisable as a Jules Verne "Phileas Fogg" personality but equally he was ahead of his time with many of his ideas and the execution of them.
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