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King Camp Gillette
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American entrepreneur (1855–1932)
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King Camp Gillette appears in Vinony's National Inventors Hall of Fame collection — one of 610 entries.
Within Vinony's link graph, King Camp Gillette is referenced by 123 other articles, and connects out to Gillette, razor-and-blades model and Upton Sinclair.
It is catalogued under topics including 1855 births, 1932 deaths and American Freemasons.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1855
- Died
- 1932
- Works
- 4
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Key facts
- Born
- King Camp Gillette , ( 1855-01-05 ) January 5, 1855, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin , U.S.
- Died
- July 9, 1932 (1932-07-09) (aged 77), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery , Glendale, California
- Occupations
- Inventor salesman entrepreneur
- Employer s
- Crown Cork & Seal Company , Gillette Safety Razor Company
- Known for
- Inventing the double-edged safety razor , co-founding The Gillette Company
- Spouse
- Alanta Ella Gaines ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1890 – 1932 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fond du Lac
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- The Gillette Company
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Photograph of King Camp Gillette, taken in 1894 or earlier.jpg
- Political ideology
- utopian socialism
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- place of burial
- Glendale
- date of birth
- 1855-01-05
- date of death
- 1932-07-09
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- birth name
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- King Camp Gillette
- inspired by
- William Painter
- member of
- Freemasonry
- name in native language
- King Camp Gillette
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Encyclopedic overview
Patent drawing of the razor
King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932) was an American businessman who invented a bestselling safety razor and was the founder of the Gillette razor company. Gillette's innovation was the thin, inexpensive, disposable blade of stamped steel. Gillette is often erroneously credited with inventing the so-called razor-and-blades business model, in which razors are sold cheaply to increase the market for blades. However, Gillette Safety Razor Company adopted the business model from its competitors.
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