Edmund Abel was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 12,1921, at the family home at 8111 Madison Avenue.
14 Facts About Edmund Abel
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Edmund Abel, who had two older sisters, was his parents' only son.
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Edmund Abel became a student pilot and an amateur radio operator as a high school student.
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Edmund Abel graduated from West High School on Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, in 1942.
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Edmund Abel was drafted into the US Army shortly after his graduation at the height of World War II.
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Edmund Abel constructed early remote-controlled flying drones, which were used as target practice during the war.
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Edmund Abel was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, and later landed at Cebu, Philippines, towards the end of the war.
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Edmund Abel was honorably discharged from the Army in 1945.
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Edmund Abel, who held patents in aviation and film developing, worked for Westinghouse earlier in his career.
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Edmund Abel developed a new type of coffeemaker which used water heated to a lower temperature than traditional percolators.
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The new machine, which was patented by Edmund Abel, came to be called Mr Coffee.
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Edmund Abel received very little credit or attribution for his patented heating element for the coffeemaker.
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Edmund Abel received very few royalties from his patented invention.
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Edmund Abel died from old age at his home in Rocky River, Ohio, at the age of 92.