George Safford Parker

George Safford Parker was born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin, USA on November 1, 1863. and died in Chicago, Illinois, the USA on July 19, 1937. He was an industrialist and inventor. He graduated from Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa, USA. Parker’s job was a telegraphy instructor in Janesville, in his home state of Wisconsin. His side job was repairing and selling fountain pens. Parker also worked as a sales agent for John Holland Gold Pen Company. Because of the unreliability of those pens, he was searching for ways to stop ink leaking. There is a high school in Janesville that was named George S. Parker High School in his honor.

George Parker was the founder of the Pen Parker Company in 1888. In the year 1889, he got hit first patent for a fountain pen . Five years later he also received a patent for his “Lucky Curve” feed, and that patent was used up until 1928. His pen factory was the biggest pen factory in the world by 1908 and created one of the biggest pen brands in the world. That factory was located on Main Street in Janesville, Wisconsin.