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    King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932) was an American businessman who invented a bestselling safety razor. Gillette's innovation was the...
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  • retained by P&G. The Gillette company and brand originate from the late 19th century when salesman and inventor King Camp Gillette came up with the idea...
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    predated the patent). Safety razors were popularized in the 1900s by King Camp Gillette's invention, the double-edge safety razor. While other safety razors...
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    credited to King Camp Gillette, the inventor of the safety razor, Gillette did not in fact follow this model. The legend about Gillette is that he realized...
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    books include a 2001 book about the inventor of the disposable razor, King Camp Gillette, Suspicious Packages and Extendable Arms, a collection of his writing...
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  • Utopian social planning, written by King Camp Gillette and first published in 1894. The book details Gillette's theory that replacing competitive corporations...
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  • Walther Müller George Foreman Grill – George Foreman Gillette safety razor – King Camp Gillette Gladstone bag – William Ewart Gladstone Glauber's salt...
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    for the brand, and the sales force also included King Camp Gillette, who went on to create the Gillette safety razor and the razor and blades business model...
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    for a smoother and cleaner shave. In 1901, the American inventor King Camp Gillette, with the assistance of William Nickerson, submitted a patent for...
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    After a time, the blade needed to be honed by a cutler. In 1895, King Camp Gillette invented the double-edged safety razor, with cheap disposable blades...
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