Charles Goodyear — American Inventor born on December 29, 1800, died on July 01, 1860

Charles Goodyear was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber, for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844... (wikipedia)

Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents.
A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps.
I am not disposed to complain that I have planted and others have gathered the fruits.