About Albert Garrette Burns
Lived 1888 – 1951 (aged 63). Albert Garrette Burns was an inventor.
Albert Garrette Burns (March 10, 1888 – December 4, 1951) was president of the National Inventors Congress starting in 1931 and served until at least 1939. He was known as the "Nation's Gadget Chief". He later invented a lock for Model T Fords. Other jobs included working in a tea and coffee store, directing a local chamber of commerce, running a wholesale business, as well as managing a sanitarium and a textile mill. He also invented and marketed a bread-slicer.
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Who was Albert Garrette Burns?
American inventor (1888-1951)
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Albert Garrette Burns was born on 10 March 1888.
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Albert Garrette Burns died on 4 December 1951.
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Albert Garrette Burns was an inventor.
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