biography
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Hoover, William (Henry)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1849–1932)
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| biography:
| Industrialist, born in Ohio, USA. After running a tannery business (1870–1907), he bought the patent of a light-weight electric cleaning machine from a janitor, James Murray Spangler, and formed the Electric Suction Sweeper Co in 1908 to manufacture and market it throughout the world. The company was renamed Hoover in 1910. |
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