Nathaniel Hayward | |
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Born | Nathaniel Manley Hayward January 19, 1808
Easton, Massachusetts |
Died | July 18, 1865
Colchester, Connecticut | (aged 57)
Occupation(s) | Businessman, inventor |
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Nathaniel Manley Hayward (January 19, 1808 – July 18, 1865) [1] was an American businessman and inventor best known for selling a patent to Charles Goodyear that Goodyear later used to develop the process of vulcanization. [2] [3]
Nathaniel Hayward was born in Easton, Massachusetts on January 19, 1808. [4]
Hayward met Goodyear in 1837 and shared with him the discovery he had made, almost accidentally, while working at a rubber factory in Roxbury, Connecticut. [5] He bought some mills in Stoneham, Massachusetts, from Elisha S. Converse, which later became a small settlement called Haywardville.
He died in Colchester, Connecticut on July 18, 1865. [4]
Hayward's former home in Colchester has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1972. [6]