George Safford Parker

For other people named George Parker, see George Parker (disambiguation).
George Safford Parker
Born(1863-11-01)November 1, 1863
Shullsburg, Wisconsin
DiedJuly 19, 1937(1937-07-19) (aged 73)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
EducationUpper Iowa University
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
InstitutionsParker Pen Company
Significant advanceFountain pen

George Safford Parker (November 1, 1863, Shullsburg – July 19, 1937, Chicago) was an American inventor and industrialist.

Biography

Early life

Parker was born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin in November 1863, and graduated from Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa.

He worked as a telegraphy instructor in Janesville, Wisconsin, and had a sideline repairing and selling fountain pens. Dismayed by the unreliability of the pens, he experimented with ways to prevent ink leaks.

Career as Inventor and Industrialist

In 1888 he founded the Parker Pen Company and the next year he received his first fountain pen patent. By 1908, his factory on Main Street in Janesville was reportedly the largest pen manufacturing facility in the world. Parker eventually became one of the world's premier pen brands, and one of the first brands with a global presence.

Legacy

George S. Parker High School in Janesville is his namesake.[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Parker's first patent". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2006.
  2. ^ "Parker Pen history". Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2006.
  3. ^ William Fiske Brown (ed.). Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. vol. 2. , Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Company, 1908, p. 1075.

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