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Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Surinamese inventor.
Born January 1st, 1852 in Paramaribo. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1889 at 37 years old in Lynn (tuberculosis). [ref]
Occupations
mechanician, patent inventor
Wikipedia
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson