Arthur P. Warner
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About
Inventor of the electric brake and perhaps more notably the automobile speedometer. He was also the first man to fly in Wisconsin.
Before Fame
He became rich by inventing the speedometer and selling his company The Warner Instrument Co. in 1912.
Trivia
He bought the first commercially built airplane, the first American private citizen to do so.
Family Life
He was born in Jacksonville, Florida and died in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Associated With
He was a pioneer in aviation but not as well remembered as Amelia Earhart.