Richard Donisthorp (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1797) was an English

clockmaker A clockmaker is an artisan who makes and/or repairs clocks. Since almost all clocks are now factory-made, most modern clockmakers only repair clocks. Modern clockmakers may be employed by jewellers, antique shops, and places devoted strictly to ...

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second lar ...

. He used the surname (spelt ''Donisthorp'') as an engraved signature on the clock faces he made, and was a member of the Donisthorp family, who were Leicestershire clockmakers. The name of Donisthorp appears in records also as Donisthorpe.

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English clockmakers People from Loughborough Year of death unknown 18th-century English people Year of birth unknown {{England-bio-stub