Charles Fredrick Wiesenthal (1726–1789) was a German physician and inventor who was awarded the patent for the first known mechanical device for sewing in 1755. One might argue that he invented the

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. He was born in the state of

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, Germany, but was in England at the time of invention, and lived from 1755 to 1789 in

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. For his invention of a double pointed needle with an eye at one end, he received the British Patent No. 701 (1755), but after in 1830

Barthélemy Thimonnier Barthélemy Thimonnier (19 August 1793 in L'Arbresle, Rhône - 5 July 1857 in Amplepuis) was a French inventor, who is attributed with the invention of the first sewing machine that replicated sewing by hand. He was born in L'Arbresle, in Rhône ...

reinvented the

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1726 births 1789 deaths 18th-century German inventors Sewing equipment Physicians from Brandenburg German philanthropists German surgeons German emigrants to the United States {{Germany-engineer-stub