Cyrus McCormick
Inventor, businessman
Died when: 75 years 88 days (902 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884) was an American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902.
Originally from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, he and many members of the McCormick family became prominent residents of Chicago.McCormick has been simplistically credited as the single inventor of the mechanical reaper.
He was, however, one of several designing engineers who produced successful models in the 1830s.His efforts built on more than two decades of work by his father Robert McCormick Jr., with the aid of Jo Anderson, who was enslaved by the family.
He also successfully developed a modern company, with manufacturing, marketing, and a sales force to market his products.
