Rudolph M. Hunter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolph M. Hunter

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1856

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1935

Profession: lawyer, inventor

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Rudolph Melville Hunter (June 20, 1856 – March 19, 1935) was an American inventor, engineer, patent attorney and entrepreneur.
Hunter was granted 299 US patents, over 140 of them for electric railway apparatus.
He played a key role in the development of "mixed control," long the standard method of controlling the speed of electric streetcars and locomotives.
Hunter later largely abandoned his work as a practical inventor and devoted himself to a futile (despite his claims of success) quest to transmute silver and other metals into gold.