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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Jacob Perkins
1766-07-09 – 1849-07-30
Life & Legacy
Jacob Perkins (July 9, 1766 – July 30, 1849) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist based in the United Kingdom. Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Perkins was apprenticed to a goldsmith. He soon made himself known with a variety of useful mechanical inventions and eventually had twenty-one American and nineteen English patents. He is sometimes known as the father of the refrigerator. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1813 and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1819.
Occupation & Career
physicist, inventor, engineer, engraver
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Honors & Awards
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Organizations & Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Philosophical Society
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Matías Martínez
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