What is James Paris Lee?
[[File:JamesParisLeePortrait.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|Portrait of James Paris Lee painted 1889}}]] '''James Paris Lee''' (9 August 1831 – 24 February 1904) was a [[British]], [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[inventor]]. He was also a [[small arms]] [[designer]]. Lee is best known for inventing the [[Lee-Metford]] and [[Lee-Enfield]] series of [[rifle]]s. Lee was born in [[Hawick]], [[Scotland]], 9 August 1831. At age 12 he created his first gun. He [[accident]]ally blew himself up with [[gunpowder]]. He also accidentally shot himself, twice. His family was surprised he reached adulthood.<ref name=Pegler7>Martin Pegler, ''The Lee-Enfield Rifle'' (Botley, Oxford; Long Island City, NY: Osprey, 2012), p. 7</ref> He was [[wikt:obsessed|obsessed]] with guns, but he was [[Apprenticeship|apprenticed]] to a [[clock]]maker.<ref name=Pegler7/> His family migrated to Canada. Lee worked making and repairing clocks and [[watch]]es. In 1850 he opened his own [[shop]] where he could work on rifles in his spare time.<ref name=Rose224>Alexander Rose, ''American Rifle: A Biography'' (New York: Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2009), p. 224</ref> == References == {{commons}} {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, James Paris}} [[Category:1831 births]] [[Category:1904 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian inventors]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Ontario]] {{bio-stub}}