George Kerr Anderson is an American inventor, professional shorthand writer, and entrepreneur. His main area of interest was a variety of typewriters, mainly for shorthand .
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| Date of Birth | April 16, 1863 |
| Place of Birth | Montgomery , Tennessee |
| Date of death | May 22, 1942 (aged 79) |
| A place of death | Bayside Park, Jersey City , New Jersey |
| A country |  USA |
| Scientific field | inventor |
| Known as | inventor of Anderson's shorthand machine |
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George Kerr Anderson was born April 16, 1863 in Montgomery County , Tennessee , USA [* 1] [2] . His parents were Samuel M Anderson and Mattie Kerr. George had an engineering mindset, and from a young age he began to engage in invention. One of the earliest rationalization proposals [* 2] was to paint the ends of the tape of typewriters in a contrasting color so that you could notice in time the need to change the direction of its rewind [3] .
George Kerr Anderson received the greatest fame as the creator of shorthand machines. He independently implemented the full production cycle of his products - from invention and patenting to sending the finished product to the client by mail [4] . His shorthand machines went down in history when they were used to record a speech at the inauguration of President McKinley [5] [6] . Researchers note that Anderson’s machines were more difficult to manufacture and use than competitors ’machines, but they were always distinguished by good quality and easy development.
Despite the fact that George Kerr Anderson actually created the industry standard for shorthand machines [7] , was industrious, and remained creative until his old age, his work did not bring him significant commercial success. Among the reasons indicate the already mentioned complexity of the machines, as well as the reluctance (or inability) to expand production [8] .
George Kerr Anderson passed away on May 22, 1942 in Bayside Park, Jersey City , New Jersey. [9] [2]
Content
- 1 Family and pedigree
- 2 See also
- 3 notes
- 3.1 Comments
- 3.2 Sources
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Family and family tree
Researchers note that George Kerr Anderson comes from the Scottish Andersen family, who emigrated to America at the turn of the XVII-XVIII centuries [10] . Moved to the American colony Robert Anderson [10] [11] . According to Ancestry.com, all the children of Robert Anderson were born in America, and the oldest of them, Nathaniel Anderson, was born in 1695 [11] , therefore the Anderson family emigrated as early as the 17th century.
George Kerr Anderson was the fifth generation of this family born in the United States [10] . He was married, had a son and two grandchildren [11] .
| Robert Anderson (1666-1731) Scotland | Elizabeth Overton (1663—?) England | Nicholas Mills (1678-1742) York, Virginia, USA | Ann clopton (1679-1754) Virginia, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 more children ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nathaniel Anderson (1695-1744) New Kent, Virginia, USA | David anderson (1720-1791) Gold Mine, Hannover, Virginia, USA | Elizabeth Mills (1733-1804) Hannover, Virginia, USA | Richard Anderson (1736-1819) Hannover, Virginia, USA | Mary johnson (1735-1780) Virginia, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 more children ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cecilia Anderson (1742-1762) Hannover, Virginia, USA | Matthew Anderson (1748-1833) Hannover, Virginia, USA | Elizabeth Anderson (1750-1834) Hannover, Virginia, USA | Samuel Mosby (1760-1829) Enrico, Virginia, USA | Mary anderson (1772-1832) Virginia, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 more children ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mary Johnson Anderson (1773-1833) | David anderson (1807-1892) | Sarah Ann Mosby (1805-1882) Hannover, Virginia, USA | ? | ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 more children ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Anderson (1828-1858) | Samuel M Anderson (1832-1914) Virginia, USA | Matty Kerr (? -?) | John Moylan (? -?) Ireland | Hanora Riordan (? -?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Kerr Anderson (1863-1942) Tennessee, USA | Katherine Criscentia Moylan (1875-1946) Brooklyn, New York, USA | James Lavalette Show (? —1947) | Marie Agnes Fadin (1885-1918) Philadelphia, PA, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George C. Anderson (1905-1989) Memphis (?), Tennessee, USA | Marie A. Shaw (1906-1995) Philadelphia, PA, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ? | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- Shorthand
- Shorthand machine
- William McKinley Jr
Notes
Comments
- ↑ Other sources indicate the date of April 16, 1864 [1] .
- ↑ The rationalization proposal was put forward in 1884, i.e. at the age of 20 or 21
- ↑ Ancestry.com is not a reputable source of information. It is filled in by visitors themselves who do not work with historical documents and may make mistakes. The site data is provided here as reference.
Sources
- ↑ Robert Messenger, 2011 : "... George Kerr Anderson was born in Montgomery, Tennessee, on April 16, 1864 ...".
- ↑ 1 2 Ancestry, 2016 , Data on birth, death and relatives in the Ancestry.com database.
- ↑ Robert Messenger, 2011 : "... Anderson's 1884 invention was to provide portions near the ends of a ribbon with a color contrasting from that of the body of the ribbon ... [and on to the end of the paragraph]."
- ↑ Darryl Rehr, 1994 , p. 3: "... Anderson sold the first model mostly by mail, operating from Memphis, where he lived when his patent was filed ...".
- ↑ Robert Messenger, 2011 : "... among typewriter historians, Anderson is much better remembered for his shorthand typewriter, ... which was used to report President William McKinley's inaugural address on March 4, 1897 ...".
- ↑ Stenograph, 2016 , p. History of Writing Machines: "... the machine was famous for being used to report President McKinley's inaugural address ...".
- ↑ Darryl Rehr, 1994 , p. 3: "... the first such machine to print one word at a stroke, a principle eventually adopted as standard for machine stenographers ...".
- ↑ Darryl Rehr, 1994 , p. 3: "... By pursuing his enterprise as an individual entrepreneur and limiting his association with outside investors, production proceeded on a small-scale, perhaps explaining why the Anderson machine is relatively rare today ...".
- ↑ Robert Messenger, 2011 : "... George Kerr Anderson died on May 22, 1942, in Bayside Park, New Jersey ...".
- ↑ 1 2 3 Robert Messenger, 2011 : “... George Kerr Anderson ..., though a fifth-generation American, was also of strong Scottish stock. "His ancestors came from Scotland, where Robert Anderson was born in 1666, to settle in Virginia in the early 18th century ...".
- ↑ 1 2 3 Ancestry, 2016 , p. Robert Anderson.
Literature
- Messenger, Robert. The typewriter ribbon [Electronic resource]: from Alexandex Bain to George Kerr Anderson: [ eng. ] : blog entry // oz.Typewriter : blog / R. Messenger. - Canberra: Blogger, 2011 .-- September 19. - (On This Day in Typewriter History; no. CXVII).
- Rehr, Darryl. The Anderson shorthand typewriter [Text]: [ eng. ] : journal Art. // ETCetera : Journal org collectors / ed. Darryl Rehr. - Los Angeles, CA: ETCA, 1994. - No. 26 (March). - P. 3-5. - 12, [1] p. : h. - b. silt - ISSN 1062-9645 .
- Ancestry [Electronic resource]: Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records: [ eng. ] : site. - Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com, 2016. - George Kerr Anderson [ ar 12/18/2016]; Robert Anderson [ arch. 12/22/2016].
- Stenograph [Electronic resource]: [ eng. ] : [ arch. October 15, 2016 ]: officer. website. - 596 W. Lamont Road • Elmhurst, IL 60126: Stenograph LLC, 2016. - Writers [ arch 10.08.2016]: The main page of the Stenograph LLC online store, where new and used shorthand machines are sold; History of Writing Machines [ arch 13.08.2016]: History of shorthand machines from the point of view of Stenograph LLC.