James Henry Atkinson

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A standard baited and primed mousetrap.
A standard baited and primed mousetrap.

James Henry Atkinson (1849 - 1942) was a British ironmonger from Leeds, Yorkshire who invented the mousetrap.[1] Atkinson invented a number of items, but his mousetrap, known as the Little Nipper which he patented in 1910, remains the most well known.[2]

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  1. ^ "James Henry Atkinson and the ‘Little Nipper´.", MyLearning.org, 14 January 2008. 
  2. ^ "The Patents", DiscoveringYorkshire.org, 24 October 2007.