Gideon Sundback
Swedish-American inventor (1880-1954)
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Swedish-American engineer who turned the zipper from a curiosity into something people actually used. Sundback spent decades perfecting the clasp mechanism that became essential to modern clothing.
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Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.
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