Editing Elias Howe (section)

{{Short description|American inventor (1819–1867)}}
{{About|the inventor of the sewing machine|the music publisher and his company|Elias Howe Company}}
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{{Infobox engineer
|image                = Elias Howe portrait.jpg
|image_width          =
|caption              =
|name                 = Elias Howe
|birth_name           = Elias Howe Jr.
|nationality          = [[United States|American]]
|birth_date           = {{Birth date|1819|7|9}}
|birth_place          = [[Spencer, Massachusetts|Spencer]], [[Massachusetts]]
|death_date           = {{death date and age|1867|10|3|1819|7|9}}
|death_place          = [[Brooklyn, New York]]
|education            = apprenticed as mechanic and machinist
|spouse               = Elizabeth Jennings Ames (m. 1841; d. 1850)<br />Rose Halladay (d. 1890)
|parents              = Elias Howe and Polly (Bemis) Howe
|children             = Jane Robinson Howe,<br />Simon Ames Howe,<br />Julia Maria Howe
|discipline           = Mechanical Engineering
|institutions         =
|practice_name        = 
|significant_projects = [[Sewing machine]]
|significant_design   =
|significant_advance  = [[Lockstitch|Lockstitch loop method]]
|significant_awards   = Gold Medal, Paris Exposition of 1867,<br />[[Légion d'honneur]] (France)
}}

'''Elias Howe Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|h|aʊ}}; July 9, 1819{{spnd}}October 3, 1867) was an American [[inventor]] best known for his creation of the modern [[lockstitch]] [[sewing machine]].