William Shakespeare Jr. (September 21, 1869June 25, 1950) was an American inventor.
Shakespeare was born to William Shakespeare, Sr. and Lydia A. Markley in
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. It is the principal city of the Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan are ...
, in 1869.
He invented the level-winding
fishing reel
A fishing reel is a hand-crank (mechanism), cranked reel used in angling to wind and stow fishing line, typically mounted onto a fishing rod, but may also be used on compound bows or crossbows to retrieve tethered arrows when bowfishing.
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. Shakespeare also founded and was one of the key people of
Shakespeare Fishing Tackle
The Shakespeare Company is a subsidiary of Pure Fishing which manufactures fishing equipment. It was founded by William Shakespeare (inventor), William Shakespeare Jr. in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1897. It was moved to Columbia, South Carolina in 197 ...
, which he founded in 1897, as a fisherman aiming to improve the fishing-reel mechanism.
He was a
traveling salesman of
patent medicines
A patent medicine (sometimes called a proprietary medicine) is a non-prescription medicine or medicinal preparation that is typically protected and advertised by a trademark and trade name, and claimed to be effective against minor disorders a ...
.
In addition to numerous fishing-tackle innovations, Shakespeare also received patents for camera equipment and a
carburetor
A carburetor (also spelled carburettor or carburetter)
is a device used by a gasoline internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine. The primary method of adding fuel to the intake air is through the Ventu ...
.
See also
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List of inventors
This is a of people who are described as being inventors or are credited with an invention.
Alphabetical list
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* Vitaly Abalakov (1906–1986), Russia – camming devices, Abalakov thread (or V-thread), gearless ice climbing anchor
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Lists of Americans
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1869 births
1950 deaths
19th-century American businesspeople
20th-century American businesspeople
American fishermen
American inventors
People from Kalamazoo, Michigan
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