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Gladstone Adams

1880-05-16 – 1966-07-26

Life & Legacy

Captain Gladstone Adams (16 May 1880 – 26 July 1966) was a professional photographer, inventor and chairman of Whitley Bay Urban District Council, and is one of several people claimed to have invented the windscreen wiper (known in the United States as the windshield wiper).

Occupation & Career

inventor, businessperson

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q5566321 — wikidata View source

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