
Family tree of Willis CARRIER
Inventor, Sciences - Other
Born Willis Haviland CARRIER
American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning
Born on November 26, 1876 in Angola, New York, USA , United States
Died on October 7, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA
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He studied at Cornell University graduating in 1901 with a BS in engineering.
... Carrier was born on November 26, 1876, in Angola, New York, the son of Duane Williams Carrier (1836–1908) and Elizabeth R. Haviland (1845–1888).
He studied at Cornell University graduating in 1901 with a BS in engineering.
In Buffalo, New York, on July 17, 1902, in response to a quality problem experienced at the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing & Publishing Company of Brooklyn, Willis Carrier submitted drawings for what became recognized as the world's first modern air conditioning system.
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