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Washington, Georges
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Courtrai, 1871 - Mendham [New Jersey, US], 1946
Activity
1893 - 1895 Courtrai
George Constant Louis, ° 20.5.1871; + 29.3.1946. Born of a British father. Future inventor and businessman. Member and commissioner of the "Société Photographique de Courtrai". Emigrated to New York in 1896. Invented an early version of soluble coffee and founded the "G. Washington Coffee Refining Company" in 1910 to market his instant brew. Registered 26 U.S. patents, including one for reflex cameras in 1904.
George Constant Louis, ° 20.5.1871; + 29.3.1946. Born of a British father. Future inventor and businessman. Member and commissioner of the "Société Photographique de Courtrai". Emigrated to New York in 1896. Invented an early version of soluble coffee and founded the "G. Washington Coffee Refining Company" in 1910 to market his instant brew. Registered 26 U.S. patents, including one for reflex cameras in 1904.
Locations
1893 - 1895 Courtrai
Exhibitions
Courtrai, 1893.
Genres / subject matter
Techniques
Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1893
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#4718
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
MD revised 13.5.2020; SFJ revised 7.8.2020 & 30.10.2020 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght