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Matzeliger, Jan Earnst

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Matzeliger, Jan Earnst (1852–89) inventor; born in Dutch Guiana. Child of a black mother and white father, he emigrated to the U.S.A. about 1872. Although uneducated, he invented a shoe-making machine (1891) and shoe-nailing machine (1896), which revolutionized the shoe industry. His inventions formed the basis of the United Shoe Machinery Corp. He died of tuberculosis at age 37.
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