Editing Gideon Sundback (section)

== Background ==
Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck was born on Sonarp farm in Ödestugu Parish, in [[Jönköping County]], [[Småland]], Sweden. He was the son of Jonas Otto Magnusson Sundbäck, a prosperous farmer, and his wife Kristina Karolina Klasdotter. After his studies in Sweden, Sundbäck moved to Germany, where he studied at the polytechnic school in [[Bingen am Rhein]], graduating in engineering in 1903. In 1905, he emigrated to the United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=Inventing the 20th century: 100 inventions that shaped the world: from the airplane to the zipper|date=May 2002|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814788127|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVHRRoQvW60C&pg=PA58}}</ref><ref>Petroski, Henry ''The Evolution of Useful Things'' (Random House of Canada, 1994) {{ISBN|0-679-74039-2}} page 103</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology|date=September 2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|page=1181|isbn=9780203028292|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n--ivouMng8C&q=Gideon+Sundback+United+States&pg=PA1181}}</ref>