Alfred Wytheman Mellowes (1879-1960) was an electrical engineer who made the first self-contained electric refrigerator in 1915 in Fort Wayne.
Alfred Mellowes | |
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| Born | Alfred Wytheman Mellowes April 7, 1879 Dayton, Ohio, U.S.[1] |
| Died | February 1, 1960 (aged 80) Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Electrical engineer |
| Spouse | Laura Feller McCoy |
Career
editIn 1916, he founded the Guardian Frigerator Company in partnership with J. W. Murray whose business would manufacture the "frigerators" in Detroit.[2][3] The business was unsuccessful initially as the rate of production was low.[3] William C. Durant inspected the production line and advised Murray to buy out the business.[3] In 1918, Durant then bought the business from Murray and renamed the company Frigidaire.[2][3] Durant then sold the business to his other company, General Motors, in 1919.[2][3] The company was subsequently moved to Dayton, Ohio where Mellowes was born.
References
edit- ^ "Alfred W Mellowes". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- ^ a b c Sherri Liberman (2011), American Food by the Decades, ABC-CLIO, p. 32, ISBN 9780313376986
- ^ a b c d e Paul Arculus (2011), Durant's Right-Hand Man, Friesen Press, p. 199, ISBN 9781770677838
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