Spare a thought for the inventor of DST — builder and campaigner William Willett — as you spring forward this weekend
In 1907, the British campaigner Willett wrote a pamphlet titled"Waste of Daylight" which called for clocks to be advanced by four 20-minute increments in April which would then be reversed in September. He argued that benefits would include reducing the cost of lighting.
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