Jacob Schick | |
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| Born | September 16, 1877 Ottumwa, Iowa, United States |
| Died | July 3, 1937 (age 59) New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor, Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Pioneer of Electric razor |
Jacob Schick (September 16, 1877 – July 3, 1937) was an American military officer, inventor, and entrepreneur who patented an early electric razor and started the Schick Dry Shaver, Inc. razor company.[1][2] 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.[3]
- ^ "COL. JACOB SCHICK, INVENTOR, 59, DIES; Retired Army Officer Devised Dry Shaver After Years of Experiment". July 4, 1937 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Jacob Schick". NNDB. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (June 19, 1937). "7 NAMED AS USING DEVICES TO REDUCE BIG INCOME TAXES; Jules Bache, Jacob Schick, Philip DeRonde and Charles Laughton Listed by Treasury" – via NYTimes.com.