Person attributes
Other attributes
George Safford Parker was born on November 1, 1863 in Shallsburg, USA. At the age of seventeen, he began working at the Janesville Telegraph School. In order to get an increase to a low salary, he became an "agent" for the sale of fountain pens of The John Holland Fountain Pen Company. Mostly I sold these pens to my students.
Like many pens of the time, these fountain pens often suffered from technical flaws and needed constant maintenance and repair. After receiving many complaints from his students, Parker felt obliged to repair the handles, and the reputation of his after-sales service grew.
George Parker disassembled the substandard pens, repaired them, and then returned them to the students. In the end, he decided that he needed to root out these malfunctions instead of just fixing them. Therefore, armed with his knowledge of mechanisms, he designed and finally assembled his own fountain pen.
In 1899, the first buttless handle was patented. All important parts of the fountain pen were enclosed in a sleeve, preventing any possibility of leakage. Parker also invented the Button Filling System and the reliable hermetic Safety Cap.
The company developed and on May 3, 1904 patented the first writing pen with a mechanical ink set system, which was a practical rubber pouch. And in 1906, George Parker marketed the Emblem pen with the emblems of secret societies printed on it.
In 1914, the Parker Trench pen arrived in stores. It turned out to be simply unique for that time, since only she had a special compartment for storing black granules. To get ink, simply add water to the pen. In 1918, the company's annual turnover exceeded $1 million for the first time.
After many years of development and research of many different formulas, Quink ink was released in 1931. And two years later, the Parker Vacumatic pen was released, which became another engineering breakthrough. It was distinguished by a filling mechanism that held twice as much ink compared to the previous Parker Duofold sales hit. The new pen was the sales leader of the 1930s. It was considered a masterpiece by George Parker, crowning his long career as the world's leading manufacturer of pens. In 1933, the founder retired.
George Safford Parker died on July 19, 1937 at the age of seventy-three.
