Nathaniel Manley Hayward (January 19, 1808 – July 18, 1865)[1] was an American businessman and inventor best known for selling a patent to Charles Goodyear that Goodyear later used to develop the process of vulcanization.[2][3]
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| Born | Nathaniel Manley Hayward January 19, 1808 Easton, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 18, 1865 (aged 57) Colchester, Connecticut |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, inventor |
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Biography
editNathaniel Hayward was born in Easton, Massachusetts on January 19, 1808.[4]
Hayward met Goodyear in 1837 and shared with him the discovery he had made, almost accidentally, while working at a rubber factory in Roxbury, Connecticut.[5] He bought some mills in Stoneham, Massachusetts, from Elisha S. Converse, which later became a small settlement called Haywardville.
He died in Colchester, Connecticut on July 18, 1865.[4]
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Hayward's former home in Colchester has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1972.[6]
References
edit- ^ Ancestry.com record
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica: Charles Goodyear
- ^ "US1090.pdf" (PDF). docs.google.com.
- ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XII. James T. White & Company. 1904. pp. 120–121. Retrieved August 14, 2020 – via Google Books.120-121&rft.pub=James T. White & Company&rft.date=1904&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=gawYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA120&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Nathaniel Hayward" class="Z3988">
- ^ NNDB:Charles Goodyear
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.