Harington, John, Sir(also John Harrington)

Born: 1561 AD
Died: 1612 AD, at 51 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None

English author, courtier, inventor, and translator

invented flush toilet

translated "Orlando Furioso" into English 1591

wrote satire "The Metamorphosis of Ajax" 1596

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