Frederick McKinley Jones

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Frederick McKinley Jones was a successful American inventor and entrepreneur. He patented more than 60 inventions over his life time in a number of divergent fields, but particularly in refrigeration. Some of his great inventions were the ‘Thermo King’; an improved longhaul transportation of perishable goods, which opened up the frozen food industry, and a portable refrigerated unit for blood, medicine and food which was vital during World War Two. He co-founded the successful US Thermo Control Company with Joseph A Numero. He was the first African American to be awarded the National Medal of Technology and to be accepted into the American Society of Refrigeration Engineers.

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