
John Wesley Hyatt
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 104 years ago |
Date of birth | November 28,1837 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Starkey |
New York | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 10,1920 |
Died | Short Hills |
Millburn | |
New Jersey | |
United States | |
Place of burial | Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, London, United Kingdom |
Founded | Hyatt Roller Bearing Company |
Albany Billiard Ball Company | |
Job | Engineer |
Entrepreneur | |
Inventor | |
Chemist | |
Awards | Perkin Medal |
Nationality | American |
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ID | 440173 |
John Wesley Hyatt Life story
John Wesley Hyatt was an American inventor. He is mainly known for simplifying the production of celluloid. Hyatt, a Perkin Medal recipient, is included in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He had nearly 238 patents to his credit, including improvements to sugar cane mills and water filtration devices.