George Klein (inventor)
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George Johann Klein, Template:Post-nominals (August 15, 1904 – November 4, 1992) was a Canadian inventor who is often called the most productive inventor in Canada in the 20th century. Although he struggled as a high school student, he eventually graduated from the University of Toronto in Mechanical Engineering. His inventions include key contributions to the first electric wheelchairs for quadriplegics, a novel microsurgical suturing device, the ZEEP nuclear reactor which was the precursor to the CANDU reactor, the international system for classifying ground-cover snow, aircraft skis, the Weasel all-terrain vehicle, the STEM antenna for the space program, and the Canadarm.
Klein worked for forty years as a mechanical engineer at the National Research Council of Canada laboratories in Ottawa (1929–1969).[1]
In 1968, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1995, he was inducted to the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame.[2]
References
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- ↑ Bourgeois-Doyle 2004, p. 232.
- ↑ The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame: George J. Klein Template:Webarchive, Canada Science and Technology Museum.
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- Bibliography
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- Bourgeois-Doyle, Richard I. George J. Klein: The Great Inventor. Ottawa: NRC Research Press, 2004. Template:ISBN.
External links
- George J. Klein at Canadian Science and Technology Museum Hall of Fame
- Canadian Science and Technology Museum Virtual Program at Canadian Science and Technology Museum Template:Webarchive
- Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
- George J. Klein at CDC
- NRC Archives Photos - George Klein Wheel Chair Template:Webarchive
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