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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">Gideon Sundback (National Inventors Hall of Fame Template:Webarchive)</ref>
BackgroundEdit
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>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Petroski, Henry The Evolution of Useful Things (Random House of Canada, 1994) Template:ISBN page 103</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
PersonalEdit
On June 5, 1909, Sundbäck married (Naomi) Elvira Aronson, daughter of the Swedish-born plant manager Peter Aron Aronson (Aronsson), in Hoboken, New Jersey.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
LegacyEdit
In 2006, Sundbäck was honored by inclusion in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his work on the development of the zipper.<ref name=Friedel96>Zipper: An exploration in novelty (Robert Friedel, author. W. W. Norton and Company, New York, 1996) Template:ISBN</ref><ref>Lightning Fastener Company Limited (Brock University)</ref> On April 24, 2012, the 132nd anniversary of Sundbäck’s birth, Google changed the Google logo on its homepage to a Google Doodle of the zipper, which when opened revealed the results of a search for Gideon Sundbäck.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1917 patentEdit
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ReferencesEdit
Other sourcesEdit
- Petroski, Henry (1992) The Evolution of Useful Things (Vintage Books) Template:ISBN
- Friedel, Robert (1996) Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty (W. W. Norton and Company) Template:ISBN