![]() ![]() McCormick was awarded numerous prizes and medals for his reaper, and in 1878 received for the third time, for his reaping and self-binding machine, a grand prize of the French exposition, and the rank of officer of the Legion of honor was conferred upon him. In 1847 he removed to Chicago, where he built large works for the construction of his inventions. He patented his reaper in 1834, and improvements on it in 1845-'. The son worked in an entirely different channel. As early as 1816 his father had attempted to construct a reaper, but it was a total failure. At the age of twenty one he invented two new and valuable ploughs, but his chief invention was in 1831, when with his own hands he built the lirst practical reaping-machine that was ever made. ![]() He was educated at common schools, and then worked ***%1+ his father on the farm and in workshops. McCORMICK, Cyrus Hall, inventor, born in Walnut Grove, Virginia, 15 February, 1809 died in Chicago, Illinois, 13 May, 1884. To become this site's editor or a contributorĪ B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZĬlick on an image to view full-sized Cyrus Hall McCormick ![]() With thousands of 19th Century illustrations, signatures, and exceptional lifeīiographies. If acceptable, the new biography will be published above the 19th CenturyĪppleton's Cyclopedia Biography citing the volunteer editor Submit a rewritten biography in text form. If you would like to edit this biography please We rely on volunteers to edit the historicīiographies on a continual basis. warns that these 19th Centuryīiographies contain errors and bias. Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James ![]()
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