Richard Gurley Drew

Inventor

1899 – 1980

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Who was Richard Gurley Drew?

Richard Gurley Drew was an American inventor who worked for Johnson and Johnson, Permacel Co., and 3M in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he invented masking tape and cellophane tape.

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Born
Jun 22, 1899
Saint Paul
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Dec 14, 1980
Santa Barbara

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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