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Colonel Jacob Schick (September 16, 1877 – July 3, 1937) was an American inventor and entrepreneur who patented the first electric razor and started the Schick Dry Shaver, Inc. razor company. He is the father of electric razors. Schick became a Canadian citizen in 1935 to avoid an investigation by the Joint Congressional Committee on Tax Evasion & Avoidance after he moved most of his wealth to a series of holding companies in the Bahamas.

Business

Jacob Schick’s first business venture, the Magazine Repeating Razor Co. (founded 1926) sold a razor with injection cartridge blades designed much like a repeating rifle, where the blades were sold in clips that could be loaded into the razor without touching the blade. This business provided the necessary capital to develop his electric razor concept when he sold it to the American Chain & Cable Company in 1928.

Inventions

Successfully patented first electric razor in May 1930.^[3] Also patented the General Jacobs Boat for use in shallow water, and an improved pencil sharpener.

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1570s

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1850s

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1860s

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1870s

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1890s

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1900s

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1910s

• DIED 1917: JAMES PETER ROBERTSON (POSTHUMOUS VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENT)

1920s

• 1928: ELECTRIC SHAVER PATENT AWARDED TO COL. JACOB SCHICK

1930s

• 1934: TALKING HEADLIGHT INSTALLED ON LOCOMOTIVE, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK

1940s

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1950s

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1980s

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2000s

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