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    Jan Ernst Matzeliger (September 15, 1852 – August 24, 1889) was a Surinamese-American inventor whose automated lasting machine brought significant change...
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    development of an automated lasting machine by the Surinamese-American Jan Ernst Matzeliger in the 1880s was a major development in shoe production, immediately...
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  • 833 people reported Surinamese ancestry. The Surinamese immigrant Jan Ernst Matzeliger worked in Lynn, Massachusetts, developing and patenting an automated...
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    mechanization of the process by an African-American immigrant named Jan Ernst Matzeliger. From 1924 until 1974, the Lynn Independent Industrial Shoemaking...
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    mixed martial artist and kickboxer Gazon Matodya, Maroon leader Jan Ernst Matzeliger, inventor Ché Nunnely, football player Frits Purperhart, football...
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    affiliates, which were located mainly in Massachusetts. Companies portal Jan Ernst Matzeliger United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building United Shoe Machinery...
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    through her white father, socialite and estate owner in Georgia Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852-1889), Surinamese inventor, who moved to the United States...
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  • Edward Bouchet, American physicist and educator (d. 1918) 1852 – Jan Ernst Matzeliger, Surinamese-American inventor (d. 1889) 1857 – William Howard Taft...
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    made up the bulk of sales. When the Surinamese-American immigrant Jan Ernst Matzeliger finally solved the problem with his own machine in 1883 and then...
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  • article about machines being made in the United States such as Jan Ernst Matzeliger's automatic laster. Therefore, he took three workers and journeyed...
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    Pennington (c. 1807–1870), African-American writer and abolitionist. Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852–1889), a Surinamese-American inventor in shoe manufacturing...
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  • (1947) Ronald Snijders (born 1951) Henri Frans de Ziel (1916–1975) Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852–1889) Bram Behr (1951–1982) Prem Radhakishun (born 1962) Anil...
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    to handle binding uppers to soles and the Surinamese immigrant Jan Ernst Matzeliger's 1880 invention of an automatic lasting machine finally allowed true...
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