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Biography

Name: John Deere
Birth Date: February 7, 1804
Death Date: May 17, 1886
Place of Birth: Rutland, Vermont, United States
Place of Death: Moline, Illinois, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: manufacturer, inventor, businessman

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Biography of John Deere
452 words, approx. 2 pages
Wooden plows were no match for the sticky, thick clay soils encountered by settlers of the Central Plains states of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. Even the ironplows invented by Charles Newbold of New Jersey in 1703 and by Jethro Wood of...
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Biography of John Deere
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The American inventor and manufacturer John Deere (1804-1886) was one of the first to design agricultural tools and machines to meet the specific needs of midwestern farmers. John Deere was born in 1804 in modest circumstances in Rutland, Vt., the...


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John Deere Information
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John Deere (February 7, 1804 – May 17, 1886) was an American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company— the largest agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the...


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Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere
07/01/2006: 1,145 words, approx. 4 pages
The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere. By Neil Dahlstrom and Jeremy Dahlstrom (DeKaIb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005. Pp. ix, 204. Illustrated. Cloth, $24.00). In contrast to the lengthy and detailed biographies of American business elites published...
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John Deere Champions Workforce Development
04/01/2006: 1,802 words, approx. 6 pages
Ask Rick McAnally his title. He will tell you it is director of global talent management and diversity for John Deere. Ask him what he does for a living and you get a much more interesting answer. "I am one of the luckiest...
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AP News
Masters champ struggles at John Deere
7/13/2007: 489 words, approx. 2 pages
Masters champion Zach Johnson couldn't settle in at home, shooting a 1-under 70 and falling six strokes off the lead through the first round of the John Deere Classic on Thursday.Neal Lancaster shot 7-under to grab a one-shot lead over Duffy Waldorf, Paul Stankowski, Kenny...
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Investor's Business Daily
John Deere's Big-Wheel Rally
9/21/2007: 1,044 words, approx. 4 pages
Robert Lane's managing philosophy boils down to a simple point: He believes great companies can always do better."You set the bar really high," Lane said. "We want to perform on average better than our very best year."This isn't idle talk. Lane is chairman and CEO...
 


 

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