George William Manby
![George William Manby,<br />portrait by [[John Philip Davis]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/George_William_Manby_1818.jpg)
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George William Manby FRS (28 November 1765 – 18 November 1854) was an English author and inventor. He designed an apparatus for saving life from
shipwrecks and also the "Pelican Gun", the first modern form of
fire extinguisher.
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