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Earl Dickson was an American cotton buyer for Johnson & Johnson who invented the Band-Aid in 1920 after creating a homemade bandage for his accident-prone wife.
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Earl Dickson ranks #251 of 605 in the Inventor ranking, behind Gerd Binnig, ahead of George Eastman.
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Earl Dickson scores 8.23/10 (Great) on Lunoo, making it a well-rated option in the Inventor category. The adhesive bandage became a simple, ubiquitous, enduring medical product with enormous everyday utility and commercial reach.
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