James Henry Atkinson

James Henry Atkinson

James Henry Atkinson (1849 - 1942) was a British ironmonger from Leeds, Yorkshire who invented the mousetrap. [cite news|url=http://www.mylearning.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=720&journeyid=200|publisher=MyLearning.org|title=James Henry Atkinson and the ‘Little Nipper´.|date=14 January 2008] Atkinson invented a number of items, but his mousetrap, known as the "Little Nipper" which he patented in 1910, remains the most well known. [cite news|url=http://www.discoveringyorkshire.net/Page.aspx?PageId=3|publisher=DiscoveringYorkshire.org|title=The Patents|date=24 October 2007]

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