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| Birthday |
30th November, 1736
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| Birthplace |
Harvard, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
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| Died |
1809
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| Place of Death |
Afton, New York
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| Occupation Text |
Iron manufacturer, inventor and gun maker
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| Occupation |
Inventor
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Cornelius Atherton (May 8, 1737 – December 4, 1809), was an iron manufacturer, an inventor and an active gunmaker for patriot cause during the American Revolutionary War. He invented a process for making what was known as "American Steel" he sold the patent to Frenchmen named Meers. He was superintendant of the armory at Concord owned by John Adams and John Hancock. Whe the British soldiers left Lexington they went on to Concord and burned the armory to the ground. All the weapons had been moved however. He and his eldest son, John Daniel are recognized as the founders of borough of Taylor, Pennsylvania.
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