Sundback biography

          Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck (April 24, – June 21, ) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the....

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          Gideon Sundback

          Gideon Sundback

          Born

          Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundback


          ()April 24,

          Ödestugu Parish, Jönköping County, Småland, Sweden

          DiedJune 21, () (aged 74)

          Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States

          Resting placeGreendale Cemetery
          NationalitySwedish-American
          OccupationElectrical engineer
          Known forInvention of the zipper

          Gideon Sundback (April 24, – June 21, ) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.

          Background

          Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundback was born on Sonarp farm in Ödestugu Parish, in Jönköping County, Småland, Sweden.

          He was the son of Jonas Otto Magnusson Sundback, a prosperous farmer, and his wife Kristina Karolina Klasdotter.

          Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.

        1. Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.
        2. Swedish-born engineer Gideon Sundback improved on Whitcomb Judson's work, making the zipper practical and commercially successful.
        3. Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck (April 24, – June 21, ) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the.
        4. Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundback was born on Sonarp farm in Småland, Sweden.
        5. Gideon Sundback is credited with inventing the first zipper, he wasn't the first to patent a zipper-like device.

          6. After his studies in Sweden, Sundback moved to (Germany), where he studied at the polytechnic school in Bingen am Rhein. In , Sundback took his engineer exam. In , he emigrate