Category Archives: New Hampshire Inventors

Inventors born or lived in New Hampshire

Not New Hampshire: Roscoe E. Rodda, Inventor of Peeps (1862-1941)

Posted on 30 March, 2013 by Janice Brown

When you think about Easter, you can't help but think of “Peeps…” Continue reading →

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Lebanon New Hampshire’s Inventor, Mesmerist, Mental Healer, and "Father of New Thought": Phineas Parkhurst "Park" Quimby (1802-1866)

Posted on 12 July, 2008 by Janice Brown

Phineas Parkhurt Quimby was born in 1802 to a blacksmith and his wife. 

They moved to Belfast Maine when Phineas … Continue reading →

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Berlin New Hampshire Tupperware Inventor: Earl Silas Tupper (1907-1983)

Posted on 25 May, 2007 by Janice Brown

American manufacturer Earl Tupper, inventor of Tupperware, was born in New Hampshire.

 

He graduated from Fitchburg [MA] High school … Continue reading →

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Jefferson New Hampshire Inventor & Aeronaut, Prof. Thaddeus S.C. Lowe (1832-1913)

Posted on 6 December, 2006 by Janice Brown

Thaddeus S.C. Lowe was a brilliant inventor. 

Even the items on a list of his 'major' accomplishments would seem … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Burnap "Leghorn Bonnets"

Posted on 7 September, 2006 by Janice Brown

A sample bonnet from the 18th century found in Connecticut. Note: this is not a photograph of the bonnets made by the Burnap sisters. Samples of leghorn straw bonnets can be found HERE.

According to the Merrimack NH town history, presented at the Bicentennial celebration in 1946 (written by my grandmother, Mattie Kilborn Webster): “The Burnap sisters, daughters of Merrimack, New Hampshire’s first minister [Jacob Burnap], had other ideas of a woman’s usefulness. It is claimed that in this Town [Merrimack] they invented the making of “Leghorn hats” or bonnets, as they were called. Continue reading →

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