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Adolphe Sax
a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
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Nicola Amati
Italian violin maker in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684)
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Peter Carl Faberge
Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920)
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Andrea Guarneri
founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698)
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Guiseppe Guarneri
Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745)
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Milton Snavely Hershey
United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945)
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Will Keith Kellog
United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn; he established a company to manufacture the cereal (1860-1951)
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Alfred Krupp
German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp; his firm provided ordnance for German armies from the 1840s through World War II (1812-1887)
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Peter Paul Mauser
German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
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Cyrus Hall McCormick
United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884)
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John Mercer
British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)
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Charles William Post
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
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Paul Revere
American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
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Betsy Griscom Ross
American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
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Isaac Merrit Singer
United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)
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Heinrich Engelhard Steinway
United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871)
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Antonius Stradivarius
Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737)
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Eli Whitney
United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
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basketmaker, basketweaver
someone skilled in weaving baskets
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belt maker
a maker of belts
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bookmaker
a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books
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beer maker, brewer
someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
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chandler
a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints
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cobbler, shoemaker
a person who makes or repairs shoes
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candymaker, confectioner
someone who makes candies and other sweets
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author, generator, source
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
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glassmaker
someone who makes glass
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hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste
someone who makes and sells hats
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ironworker
a person who makes articles of iron
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jeweler, jeweller, jewelry maker
someone who makes jewelry
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maltman, maltster
a maker of malt
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manufacturer, producer
someone who manufactures something
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needleworker
someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle
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patternmaker
someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentry or metalworking)
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perfumer
a person who makes (and sells) perfumes
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piano maker
a person who makes pianos
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saddler
a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
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sailmaker
a maker of sails
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shirtmaker
a maker of shirts
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spinner, spinster, thread maker
someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
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steelmaker, steelman, steelworker
a worker engaged in making steel
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tentmaker
someone who makes or repairs tents
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toolmaker
someone skilled in making or repairing tools
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vintner, wine maker, winemaker
someone who makes wine
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violin maker
someone who makes violins
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horologer, horologist, watchmaker
someone who makes or repairs watches
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wigmaker
someone who makes and sells wigs
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arms manufacturer
someone who manufactures arms and munitions
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boot maker, bootmaker
a maker of boots
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brewer
the owner or manager of a brewery
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candlemaker
a person who makes or sells candles
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wax-chandler
one who deals in wax candles
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coiner
someone who is a source of new words or new expressions
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distiller
someone who distills alcoholic liquors
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edger
a person who puts finishing edges on a garment
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embroiderer
someone who ornaments with needlework
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food manufacturer
a person who manufactures food products
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garment worker, garment-worker, garmentmaker
a person who makes garments
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gold-worker, goldsmith, goldworker
an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
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knitter
someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread
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puddler
a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling
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sericulturist
a producer of raw silk
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sewer
someone who sews
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silver-worker, silversmith, silverworker
someone who makes or repairs articles of silver