GILLOTT, JOSEPH (1799-1873), English pen-maker, was born at Sheffield on Oct. 11, 1799. He set up in business in Bir mingham, and about 183o he turned his attention to the manu facture of steel pens by machinery, and in 1831 patented a process for placing elongated points on the nibs of pens. Subsequently be invented other improvements, getting rid of the hardness and lack of flexibility, which had been a serious defect in nibs, by cutting, in addition to the centre slit, side slits, and cross grinding the points. Gillott was a liberal art-patron, and one of the first to recognize the merits of J. M. W. Turner. He died at Birming ham Jan. 5,