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Encyclopedia: William Willett

William Willett (August 10, 1856 – March 4, 1915), is the inventor of daylight-saving time.

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Petts Wood

Petts Wood is a place in Kent, England in the London Borough of Bromley. William Willett, the inventor of Daylight Savings Time lived here for most of his life. Nearest places: Orpington Chislehurst Sidcup Elmstead Mottingham Nearest railway stations: Petts Wood railway station St Mary Cray...

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Daylight saving time

should get up and go to bed earlier. It was first seriously proposed by William Willett in the "Waste...

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