Whitcomb L. Judson Whitcomb L. Judson Whitcomb L. Judson (March 7, 1846 – December 7, 1909) was an American machine salesman, mechanical engineer and inventor. Judson invented the zipper in the 1890s. Judson was born in Chicago, Illinois. According to the 1860 census, he lived in Illinois, and served in the Union army. He enlisted in 1861 at Oneida, Illinois in the Forty-Second Illinois Cavalry. Judson attended Knox College in his hometown Galesburg, Illinois. He was found in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1886. In 1886 and 1887 the Minneapolis city directory identifies Judson as a "traveling agent" — a traveling salesman working probably for
Margaret Atwood Judson Rutgers University in 1966 however she returned to become the acting dean of the college until 1967. A chair at the university, the Margaret Atwood Judson Professor of History, is named after her. She was a founding member of the American Historical Association and remained a member for sixty one years. In December 1990, Judson received an Award for Scholarly Distinction from the Association. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1954. Judson died on March 23, 1991 in Piscataway, New Jersey. Margaret Atwood Judson Margaret Atwood Judson (November 5, 1899 – March 23, 1991) was an American historian and