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Joseph Glidden

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American farmer who patented barbed wire (1813-1906)

United StatesScientistsLived 1813 to 1906 · aged 93
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Joseph Farwell Glidden was an American businessman and farmer. He was the inventor of the modern barbed wire. In 1898, he donated land for the Northern Illinois State Normal School in DeKalb, Illinois, which was renamed as Northern Illinois University in 1957.

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Patent drawing for Joseph F. Glidden's Improvement to barbed wirePatent drawing for Joseph F. Glidden's Improvement to barbed wireAn early handmade specimen of Glidden's "The Winner" on display in the "Fencing Frontiers" exhibit at the Ellwood House Museum in DeKalb, IllinoisAn early handmade specimen of Glidden's "The Winner" on display in the "Fencing Frontiers" exhibit at the Ellwood House Museum in DeKalb, Illinois

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2006National Inventors Hall of Fame

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About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1813 to 1906 · aged 93
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13 languages

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