Walter Kidde

Walter Kidde
Born(1877-03-07)March 7, 1877
Hoboken, New Jersey
DiedFebruary 9, 1943(1943-02-09) (aged 65)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStevens Institute of Technology[1]
Known forFire extinguishers
Scientific career
FieldsFire suppression
InstitutionsKidde

Walter Kidde (/ˈkɪdə/; March 7, 1877 – February 9, 1943) was an American businessman. He was the owner of the Kidde company which manufactured fire extinguishers. His parents immigrated to the United States from Bohemia.[a] Kidde graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1897.[2] He died of a heart attack in 1943 at the age of 65.

  1. ^ History of Stevens Institute of Technology: A Record of Broad Bases Curricula and Technogenesis 1870-2000 by Geoffrey W. Clarck
  2. ^ Price, Norman (Feb 1, 2009). "Walter Kidde". Retrieved 2009-03-09.


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