Albert Garrette Burns Explained

Albert Garrette Burns (March 10, 1888 – December 4, 1951) was president of the National Inventors Congress starting in 1931 and served until at least 1939.^[1] He was known as the "Nation's Gadget Chief".

Biography

He was born in California on March 10, 1888, to William F. Burns and Louise C. Ball.^[2] He later invented a lock for Model T Fords. Other jobs included working in a tea and coffee store, directing a local chamber of commerce, running a wholesale business, as well as managing a sanitarium and a textile mill. He also invented and marketed a bread-slicer.^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Happy Harmony . https://web.archive.org/web/20090402184914/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,787991-1,00.html . dead . April 2, 2009 . Albert G. Burns of Oakland, Calif, was re-elected president of the Congress. It was Mr. Burns who last year revealed that a Clevelander named Antonio Longoria had invented a death-ray which killed rabbits, dogs & cats instantly. . . January 21, 1935 . 2008-12-11 .
2. [1900 US Census]
3. News: Gadgeteers Gather . https://web.archive.org/web/20081214214339/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761512,00.html . dead . December 14, 2008 . Very visible and very audible in Chicago last week was the Congress' beaming president, Albert Garrette Burns, who describes himself as "just 210 lbs. of happy harmony." ... . . June 19, 1939 . 2008-12-11 .