Benjamin Tyler Henry
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A portrait of Benjamin Tyler Henry, the inventor of the Henry repeating rifle of 1860.
Benjamin Tyler Henry (March 22, 1821 – June 8, 1898) was an American gunsmith and firearm manufacturer. He was the inventor of the Henry rifle, the first highly reliable lever-action repeating rifle to see wide commercial availability.