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Melville Reuben Bissell (September 25, 1843 – March 15, 1889) was an American entrepreneur who invented the modern carpet sweeper. [1] The Bissell corporation is named after him. Life and career
Anna Bissell was born on 2nd December 1846 in River John, Nova Scotia, to William and Eleanor Sutherland. They moved to Wisconsin when Anna was a child. [5] Bissell's husband was Melville Reuben Bissell. They had five children. In 1889, Bissell's husband died from pneumonia. On November 8, 1934, Bissell died in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
March 15 – Melville Reuben Bissell, entrepreneur, inventor of the Carpet sweeper (born 1843) April 30 – William Henry Barnum, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1876 to 1879 (born 1818) May 9 – William S. Harney, general (born 1800) June 26 Simon Cameron, journalist, editor and 26th United States Secretary of War from 1861 to 1862 (born 1799)
The Herman Melville Memorial Room collection includes first editions of writer Herman Melville's works, manuscripts, family letters, and annotated volumes from his personal library. Paintings. prints, and photographs of him are also available. In addition, the collection showcases biographies and critical studies works produced by Melville ...
Melville Reuben Bissell files a patent for an improved carpet sweeper. [6] First carousel at Coney Island built by Charles I. D. Looff. Spring – Vast numbers of Indians move north to an encampment of the Sioux chief Sitting Bull in the region of the Little Bighorn River, creating the last great gathering of native peoples on the Great Plains.
Melville is a surname and a given name. ... Melville Reuben Bissell ... American library classification expert; Melville Eastham (1885–1964), ...
Melville Reuben Bissell files a United States patent for an improved carpet sweeper. [16] Institutions. October 4 – First classes begin at the Agricultural and ...
September 25 – Melville Reuben Bissell, entrepreneur, inventor of the Carpet sweeper (died 1889) October 28 – Julia Anna Orum, educator, lecturer, and author (died 1904) November 23 – Henry C. Payne, politician (died 1904) November 25 – Henry Ware Eliot, industrialist and philanthropist (died 1919)