Editing Gideon Sundback (section)

{{Short description|Swedish-American inventor (1880-1954)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Gideon Sundback
| image              = Gideon Sundback.jpg
| image_size         = 200px
| caption            = Sundback circa 1920
| birth_name         = Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1880|4|24}}
| birth_place        = [[Jönköping Municipality|Ödestugu Parish]], [[Jönköping County]], [[Småland]], Sweden
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1954|6|21|1880|4|24}}
| death_place        = [[Meadville, Pennsylvania]], United States
| death_cause        = 
| resting_place      = [[Greendale Cemetery]]
| resting_place_coordinates = 
| nationality        = Swedish-American
| other_names        = 
| known_for          = Invention of the zipper
| education          = 
| employer           = 
| occupation         = Electrical engineer
| spouse             = {{marriage|Elvira Aronson|1909}}
}}

'''Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck''' (April 24, 1880 – June 21, 1954) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the [[zipper]].<ref name="HOF">[http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/302.html ''Gideon Sundback'' (National Inventors Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709212925/http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/302.html |date=July 9, 2010 }})</ref>