Family tree of Earl TUPPER
Inventor, Industrialist, Businessman
Born Earl Silas TUPPER
American businessman and inventor, best known as the inventor of Tupperware
Born on July 28, 1907 in Berlin, New Hampshire , United States
Died on October 5, 1983 in San Jose , Costa-Rica
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After studying at Bryant & Stratton (now Bryant University) in Providence, Rhode Island, he began a landscaping and nursery business until the Great Depression forced the business into bankruptcy. He then got a job with the DuPont chemical company.
... Tupper was born on a farm in Berlin, New Hampshire. The Tupper family moved from Berlin when he was three years old.[where?]
After studying at Bryant & Stratton (now Bryant University) in Providence, Rhode Island, he began a landscaping and nursery business until the Great Depression forced the business into bankruptcy. He then got a job with the DuPont chemical company.
Using black, inflexible pieces of polyethylene slag, a waste product of the oil refining process given to him by his supervisor at DuPont, Tupper purified the slag and molded it to create lightweight, non-breakable containers, cups, bowls, plates, and even gas masks that were used in World War II. He later designed liquid-proof, airtight lids, inspired by the secure seal of paint can lids.
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