Maxwell Wilber Becton (22 August 1868
Kingston, North Carolina – 2 January 1951
Rutherford, New Jersey
Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough's population was 18,834.
Rutherford was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 21, 1881, fr ...
) co-founded
Becton Dickinson
Becton, Dickinson and Company, also known as BD, is an American multinational medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems, and reagents. BD also provides consulting and analytics services in certai ...
in 1897 with
Fairleigh S. Dickinson.
Biography
Born in
Kinston, North Carolina
Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States, with a population of 21,677 as of the 2010 census. It has been the county seat of Lenoir County since its formation in 1791. Kinston is located in the coastal plains region of ...
, Becton moved to
Rutherford, New Jersey
Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough's population was 18,834.
Rutherford was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 21, 1881, fr ...
, where his company was based, and died there in his home in 1951.
Becton is interred at
Hillside Cemetery in
Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Lyndhurst is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 20,554, reflecting an increase of 1,171 (+6.0%) from the 19,383 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn ...
.
Find A Grave. Accessed September 24, 2007.
References
1868 births
1951 deaths
BD (company) people
American businesspeople
People from Rutherford, New Jersey
Burials at Hillside Cemetery (Lyndhurst, New Jersey)
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