James Dyson
2 May 1947 – present
James Dyson is a British inventor and industrial designer, the founder of the household-appliance company Dyson. After developing the Ballbarrow wheelbarrow in the 1970s he spent years prototyping a bagless cyclonic vacuum cleaner, which he licensed in Japan before launching the Dyson DC01 in Britain in 1993. He was knighted in 2007 and founded the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2017.
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Life events
He was the son of a schoolmaster and grew up in north Norfolk.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe moved from fine art to furniture and interior design and then to industrial design.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe couple, who met at art school, had three children.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe product was his first commercial design venture after leaving Rotork.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe built several thousand prototypes over five years, adapting industrial cyclone separators to domestic use.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRoyalties from the Japanese licence funded the later British venture.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe upright cleaner, made by his own company, became the best-selling vacuum in Britain within a few years.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe charity supports design and engineering education and runs the James Dyson Award.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was knighted in the New Year Honours.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe degree-awarding institute takes undergraduate engineers who also work at the company's Wiltshire campus.
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