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Joseph Glidden

Agricultural Mechanization

American farmer and inventor from DeKalb, Illinois, credited with patenting the twisted double-strand barbed wire design that became the first commercially successful barbed wire, transforming fencing and ranching across the American Great Plains. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1813 1
Death Year
1906 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Received a patent for his barbed wire design on 24 November 1874, then formed the Barb Fence Company with hardware dealer Isaac Ellwood in DeKalb, Illinois, before selling his half of the manufacturing business to Washburn and Moen in 1876. 1
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Developed

Barbed Wire, Implements and Machines
Source Joseph Glidden (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

United States

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Source Wikidata: Joseph Glidden
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1. Joseph Glidden (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    He was the inventor of the modern barbed wire.
  • Patent and business section
    He received the patent for that barbed wire design on November 24, 1874
  • Developed: Barbed Wire
  • In Group: Agricultural Inventors and Machine Designers, Lead
    He was the inventor of the modern barbed wire.
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Wikidata: Joseph Glidden
Wikidata Q719630, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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