biography
| name: |
Matzeliger, Jan Earnst
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pronunciation:
[matzeliger]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1852–89)
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| biography:
| Inventor, born in Dutch Guiana. The child of a black mother and white father, he emigrated to the USA c.1872. Although uneducated, he invented a shoe-making machine (1891) and shoe-nailing machine (1896) which revolutionized the shoe industry. His inventions formed the basis of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation. |
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