Schroeder, Anton

ID
2461
Nationality
American
Occupation
Inventor
Summary
Deafened by brain fever at age 4; graduated the Minnesota school for the deaf, 1886; attended St. Johns University (Collegeville, MN); invented and manufactured a window sash hanger, a candle lighting and extinguishing device, and other objects; resident of St. Paul, MN. Sold some of his patents to the Stanley Tool Co.
References
Silent Worker, March 1954, p.19; Modern Silents, Oct.-Nov. 1938, p.7; Representative Deaf Persons [first edition], p.114-115.
Dates
fl. 1886