Earle Dickson

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Earle Dickson
Born	(1892-10-10)October 10, 1892 Grandview, Tennessee
Died	September 21, 1961(1961-09-21) (aged 68) Kitchener, Ontario
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Josephine Knight
Engineering career
Institution memberships	Johnson & Johnson
Significant projects	BAND-AID adhesive bandages

Earle Dickson (October 10, 1892—September 21, 1961) was an American inventor best known for creating Band-Aid^® brand adhesive bandages. He lived in Highland Park, New Jersey, for a large portion of his life.

Dickson was a cotton buyer at the Johnson & Johnson company.^[1] His wife, Josephine Knight, often cut herself while doing housework and cooking.^[2] Dickson found the gauze stuck to a wound with tape did not stay on her active fingers. In 1920, he placed squares of gauze in intervals on a roll of tape, held in place with crinoline.^[2] James Wood Johnson, his boss, liked the idea, and put it into production. In 1924, Johnson & Johnson installed machines to mass-produce the once handmade bandages. Following the commercial success of his design, Dickson was promoted to vice president.

References

↑ Antonelli, Paola (2005) Humble masterpieces: everyday marvels of design HarperCollins, New York, page 175, ISBN 0-06-083831-0
↑ 2.0 2.1 Staff (1964) "The Story Behind Band-Aid Brand" Changing Times; The Kiplinger Magazine December 1964: p. 32

External links

The story as told by Johnson & Johnson
Inventor of the Week – Earle Dickson from the Lemuelson-MIT Program

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Name	Dickson, Earle
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Date of birth	October 10, 1892
Place of birth	Grandview, Tennessee
Date of death	September 21, 1961
Place of death	Kitchener, Ontario

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