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Jan Matzeliger
(1852-1889)
Who Was Jan Matzeliger?
Jan Matzeliger settled in the United States in 1873 and trained as a shoemaker.
In 1883, he patented a shoe lasting machine that increased the availability of shoes and decreased the price of footwear.
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He died of tuberculosis on August 24, 1889.
Early Life
Jan Ernst Matzeliger was born on September 15, 1852, in Paramaribo, Suriname —known at the time as Dutch Guiana. Matzeliger's father was a Dutch engineer, and his mother was Surinamese.
Showing mechanical aptitude at a young age, Matzeliger began working in machine shops supervised by his father at the age of 10. At 19, he left Suriname to see the world as a sailor on an East Indian merchant ship.
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In 1873, he settled in Philadelphia.
Invention of the Lasting Machine
After settling in the United States, Matzeliger worked for several years to learn English. As a dark-skinned man, his professional options were limited, and he struggled to make a living in Philadelphia.
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