Percy Spencer Percy Spencer Percy Lebaron Spencer (July 19, 1894 – September 8, 1970) was an American physicist and inventor. He became known as the inventor of the microwave oven. Spencer was born in Howland, Maine. Eighteen months later, Spencer's father died, and his mother soon left him in the care of his aunt and uncle. His uncle then died when Spencer was just seven years old. Spencer subsequently left grammar school to earn money to support himself and his aunt. From the ages of twelve to sixteen, he worked from sunrise to sunset at a spool mill. At the later age,
Percy Pig the sweet is sold under the name "Fred Ferkel". The Dutch variant are called "Katja Biggetjes", also not produced by Marks and Spencer but are identical to the British Percy Pig sweets. In France, a sweet very similar to the British Percy Pig, "Petit Cochon", was launched by the K. Boughton Company in November 2007. In Australia, supermarket Coles launched the sweet as 'Peggy pig and pals' in 2009. Marks and Spencer has developed Percy Pig into a brand in its own right. New Percy-themed lines have included Percy Pig socks, ties, toy cars, biscuit barrels, Advent calendars, bed linen,