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词条 Albert Garrette Burns
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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.[1][1] He was known as the "Nation's Gadget Chief".[1]

Biography

He was born in California on March 10, 1888, to WIlliam F. Burns and Louise C. Ball.[2] 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.[3]

References

1. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Happy Harmony |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,787991-1,00.html |quote=Albert G. Burns of Oakland, Calif, was re-elected president of the Congress. It was Mr. Burns who last year revealed that a Clevelander named Antonio Longoria had invented a death-ray which killed rabbits, dogs & cats instantly. |work=Time magazine |date=January 21, 1935 |accessdate=2008-12-11 }}
2. ^1900 US Census for Alameda, California
3. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Gadgeteers Gather |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761512,00.html |quote=Very visible and very audible in Chicago last week was the Congress' beaming president, Albert Garrette Burns, who describes himself as "just 210 lbs. of happy harmony." ... |work=Time magazine |date=June 19, 1939 |accessdate=2008-12-11 }}
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3 : 1888 births|1951 deaths|20th-century American inventors

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