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Samuel Colt

Inventor and industrialist who popularised the mass-produced revolver

Did you know?He funded his early firearms research by travelling across America giving public demonstrations of the effects of laughing gas.

Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.

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Age at death: 47
Years since death: 164

Born: July 22, 1814 · Hartford, United States
Died: January 10, 1862
Nationality: American
Known for: Technology, Business

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Father: Christopher Colt
Mother: Sarah Caldwell
Spouse: Elizabeth Jarvis Colt
Child: Caldwell Hart Colt

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