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Gideon Sundback
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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business · Swedish-American inventor (1880-1954) · businessperson · inventor · electrical engineer · also Gideon Sundback, Gideon Sundbäck, Otto Fredrik Sundbäck, Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck, Sundback
Born 24 April 1880 · Died 21 June 1954 · Q186261
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2012· 12 entries
Yahoo News Singapore: Google Insights trends: Gideon Sundback, Zerg Rush and NFL dominate searches
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Christian Science Monitor: Gideon Sundback: At first, the world shunned the zipper
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Toronto Star: Gideon Sundback, inventor of the zipper, honoured by today’s Google Doodle
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Christian Science Monitor: Google honors Gideon Sundback: Father of the zipper
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CNET: Gideon Sundback, inventor of the zip, celebrated by Google
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SlashGear: Google Doodle HTML5 Zipper Celebrates Gideon Sundback
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SiliconRepublic: Gideon Sundback remembered in Google Doodle
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The Daily Telegraph: Gideon Sundback honoured with animated Google doodle
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The Verge: Google Doodle pays homage to Gideon Sundback, zipper pioneer
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The 132nd anniversary of Sundbäck’s birth, Google changed the Google logo on its homepage to a Google Doodle of the zipper, which when opened revealed the results of a search for Gideon Sundbäck
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Indiatimes: Gideon Sundback's 132nd birthday: Google pays tribute with a doodle
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International Business Times: Google Doodle Celebrates Gideon Sundback’s 132nd Birthday With Animated Zip
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006).
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Sundbäck was honored by inclusion in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his work on the development of the zipper
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1954· 1 entry
Died 1954-06-21.
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1909· 1 entry
Sundbäck married (Naomi) Elvira Aronson, daughter of the Swedish-born mechanic and inventor Peter Aron Aronsson, in Hoboken, New Jersey
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1880· 1 entry
Born 1880-04-24.
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