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George Safford Parker (November 1 1863 in Shullsburg Wisconsin – July 19 1937 in Chicago Illinois) was an American inventor and industrialist.Parker was a telegraphy instructor in Janesville Wisconsin and had a sideline repairing and selling fountain pens. Dismayed by the unreliability of the pens he experimented with ways to prevent ink leaks. In 1888 Parker founded the Parker Pen Company. The next year he received his first fountain pen patent.