An American engineer, trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who worked with King Camp Gillette to solve the manufacturing and metallurgy problems of producing a thin, sharpenable, disposable razor blade cheaply at scale, becoming a co-founder and major shareholder of the American Safety Razor Company in 1901.
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Defining ContributionMIT-trained engineer who solved the mass production and metallurgy problems of Gillette's razor blade design and became a co-founder and major shareholder of the American Safety Razor Company. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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MIT-trained engineer who solved the mass-production problems of Gillette's blade design and co-founded the company as a major shareholder.
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