1940 ELI WHITNEY - INVENTOR-SCOTT #889

Eli Whitney was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South. 

Born: December 8, 1765, Westborough, MA

Died: January 8, 1825, New Haven, CT

Nationality: American

Buried: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT

Education: Yale University, Yale College

 

Interesting facts--- Eli Whitney  became an expert at making nails from a device of his own invention. He later crafted canes and ladies hatpins.