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Taylor, Headlie Shipard (1883 - 1957) |
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| Agricultural engineer | ||
| Born: 7 July 1883 Bungowannah, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 22 March 1957 Sunshine, Victoria, Australia. | ||
| Headlie Shipard Taylor was an agricultural machinery designer who worked for H.V. McKay (later H.V. McKay Massey Harris) from 1914-1954. His major inventions were a header harvester in 1914 and the 'Sunshine' auto-header, the first self-propelled harvester to be manufactured in large numbers, in 1924. |
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| Born 7 July 1883. Died 22 March 1957. Invented a header harvester 1914, the 'Sunshine' auto-header. Superviser of production of the header for H.V. McKay from 1916, retired in 1954 as superintendent of agricultural machinery works, H V McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd. | ||
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