William Emery Nickerson

Birth: 5 Nov 1853
Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: 6 Jun 1930 (aged 76)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Mount Auburn Cemetery

Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 42.3675167, Longitude: -71.1426806
Plot: Cherry Avenue Lot 6707
Memorial ID: 161607323 View Source

He was an inventor, bank director and vice president of the Gillette Safety Razor company. He was credited along with King Gillette for inventing the disposable razor blade in 1901.

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Parents

Spouse

Nellie Rosalie Partridge Nickerson

1857–1937

Siblings

Alice Mary Nickerson Smith

1870–1949

Children

William Emery Nickerson Jr

1880–1881

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William Emery Nickerson

Family Members

Amos Nickerson

Mary Abbie Emery Nickerson

Nellie Rosalie Partridge Nickerson

Alice Mary Nickerson Smith