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Earle Dickson

Earle Dickson
Born	October 10, 1892 Grandview, Tennessee
Died	September 21, 1961(aged 68) Kitchener, Ontario
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Josephine Knight
Engineering career
Institution memberships	Johnson & Johnson
Significant projects	BAND-AID adhesive bandages

Earle Dickson (October 10, 1892—September 21, 1961) was an American inventor best known for creating Band-Aid^® brand adhesive bandages. He lived in Highland Park, New Jersey, for a large portion of his life.

Dickson was a cotton buyer at the Johnson & Johnson company.^[1] His wife, Josephine Knight, often cut herself while doing housework and cooking.^[2] Dickson found the gauze stuck to a wound with tape did not stay on her active fingers. In 1920, he placed squares of gauze in intervals on a roll of tape, held in place with crinoline.^[2] James Wood Johnson, his boss, liked the idea, and put it into production. In 1924, Johnson & Johnson installed machines to mass-produce the once handmade bandages. Following the commercial success of his design, Dickson was promoted to vice president.