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Josephine Cochrane

1839 - 1913

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Josephine Cochran (later Cochrane; née Garis; March 8, 1839 – August 3, 1913) was an American inventor who invented the first successful hand-powered dishwasher, which she designed and then constructed with the assistance of mechanic George Butters, who became one of her first employees. Once her patent issued on 28 December 1886, she founded Garis-Cochrane Manufacturing Company to manufacture her machines. Cochrane showed her new machine at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 where nine Garis-Cochran washers were installed in the restaurants and pavilions of the fair and was met with interest from restaurants and hotels, where hot water access was not an issue. She won the prize for "best mechanical construction, durability and adaptation to its line of work" at the Fair. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josephine Cochrane is the 70th most popular inventor (up from 71st in 2019), the 928th most popular biography from United States (down from 741st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Inventor.

Josephine Cochrane is most famous for inventing the dishwasher. She invented the dishwasher because she was tired of washing dishes by hand.

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Among inventors, Josephine Cochrane ranks 70 out of 426. Before her are Theodore Maiman, Louis Renault, Isaac Singer, Alberto Santos-Dumont, John Deere, and Henry Fox Talbot. After her are Les Paul, Ruth Handler, Claude Chappe, George Eastman, Léon Theremin, and Jacques Piccard.

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Among people born in 1839, Josephine Cochrane ranks 13. Before her are Charles Sanders Peirce, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Carol I of Romania, George Armstrong Custer, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, and Nikolay Przhevalsky. After her are Emil Škoda, Frances Willard, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Princess Cecilie of Baden, Nikolay Bobrikov, and Josef Rheinberger. Among people deceased in 1913, Josephine Cochrane ranks 16. Before her are Lesya Ukrainka, Blanche Monnier, Alfred von Schlieffen, August Bebel, Sophia of Nassau, and Philip Sclater. After her are Francisco I. Madero, Ármin Vámbéry, Lewis A. Swift, Reginald Lee, Alfred Redl, and Katsura Tarō.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Josephine Cochrane ranks 928 out of 20,380. Before her are Jimmy Hoffa (1913), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), George Kennedy (1925), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Lon Chaney Jr. (1906), and John Irving (1942). After her are Buddy Holly (1936), Milton H. Erickson (1901), Nat King Cole (1919), George Clinton (1941), Robert Altman (1925), and Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Josephine Cochrane ranks 22. Before her are Charles Goodyear (1800), William G. Morgan (1870), Willis Carrier (1876), Theodore Maiman (1927), Isaac Singer (1811), and John Deere (1804). After her are Les Paul (1915), Ruth Handler (1916), George Eastman (1854), John Browning (1855), Ray Tomlinson (1941), and Raymond Damadian (1936).

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