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James Henry Atkinson
1849-01-01 – 1942-01-01
Life & Legacy
James Henry Atkinson (c. 1849–1942) was a British ironmonger from Leeds, Yorkshire who is best known for his 1899 patent of the Little Nipper mousetrap. He is cited by some as the inventor of the classic spring-loaded mousetrap, but this basic style of mousetrap was patented a few years earlier in the United States by William Chauncey Hooker in 1894.
Occupation & Career
inventor
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q6135870 — wikidata View source
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