Jacob Perkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacob Perkins

American scientist

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1766

Place of Birth: Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 30-Jul-1849

Profession: scientist, engineer, physicist, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jacob Perkins (9 July 1766 – 30 July 1849) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist.
Born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Perkins was apprenticed to a goldsmith.
He soon made himself known with a variety of useful mechanical inventions and eventually had twenty-one American and nineteen English patents.
He is known as the father of the refrigerator.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1813.