King C. Gillette
Born January 5, 1855, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin · Died July 9, 1932, Los Angeles, California · Adelphi Lodge, Quincy, Massachusetts; later Columbian Lodge, Boston
Inventor of the safety razor, raised in Massachusetts.
I advocate a system of united intelligence and material equality, under which system, the perfection of the machinery of production and distribution would be the constant and watchful care of the individual and collective mind.
Inventor of the safety razor, raised in Massachusetts.
Sources
- https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/gillette_k/gillette_k.html (citing Trowel, Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 2003)
- Portrait image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_Camp_Gillette.jpg (Public domain)
Life & Masonic Timeline
January 5, 1855
Born — Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
June 1901
Age 46
Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason — Adelphi Lodge, Quincy, Massachusetts; later Columbian Lodge, Boston
September 28, 1901
Age 46
Founded the American Safety Razor Company
July 1902
Age 47
Renamed it the Gillette Safety Razor Company
January 1904
Age 49
Demitted from Adelphi Lodge, Quincy
November 15, 1904
Age 49
Granted the U.S. safety razor patent
April 1909
Age 54
Affiliated with Columbian Lodge, Boston
1910
Age 55
Published World Corporation
July 9, 1932
Age 77
Died — Los Angeles, California
Unknown
Initiated an Entered Apprentice in Adelphi Lodge, Quincy, Massachusetts; later Columbian Lodge, Boston
Unknown
Passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft
Benjamin Joseph Falk, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source