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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.
Melville Sewell Bagley (1838–1880), American-born Argentine businessman and winemaker; Melville Baker (1901–1958), American film writer; Melville W. Beardsley (1913–1998), American inventor; Melville Reuben Bissell (1843–1889), American inventor and businessman; Mel Brandt (1919–2008), American actor
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)
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.
Moby Dick is a Canadian-German television miniseries based on Herman Melville's 1851 novel of the same name, [1] produced by Tele München Gruppe, [1] [2] with Gate Film, [2] In association with RTH [3] /ORF.
Melville's major source of inspiration for the story was an advertisement for a new book, The Lawyer's Story, printed in the Tribune and the Times on February 18, 1853. The book, published anonymously later that year, was written by popular novelist James A. Maitland. [2]
Reuben Ellis Jenkins (1896–1975), lieutenant general in the U.S. Army who served in both World Wars and the Korean War. Member of Cartersville Lodge No. 63, Cartersville, Georgia. [1] George C. Jenks (1850–1929), English-born American dime novelist. Member of Bethel Lodge No. 733, New York City. [1]