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biography on janE.matziliger.janE.matziliger was born in september 15, 1852 He died in august 24,1889. H HE WAS BORN in Paramarbio. His father was a dutch engineer and his mom was a slave. BY 1877 He spoke english and had moved to Massachusetts. After a while went to to work in the harney brothers shoefactory. He produce 50 pairs of shoes a day. After five years of work, Matzeliger obtained a patent for his invention in 1883. His machine could produce between 150 to 700 pairs of shoes a day, cutting shoe prices across the nation in half.Jan Matzelinger didn't live to see the fruits of his labor. Because he had sacrificed his health working exhausting hours on his invention and not eating over long periods of time, he caught a cold which quickly developed into tuberculosis. He died at age 37 on August 24, 1887.His invention was "the greatest forward step in the shoe industry.because of the color of his skin, he was not mentioned in the history books until recently.