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In early January 1856, Henry Lee Norris, an American entrepreneur from Jersey City, New Jersey, and his friend and partner Spencer Thomas Parmelee of New Haven, Connecticut, landed in Scotland to work a patent [clarification needed] of Charles Goodyear for the manufacture of India-rubber overshoes and boots. [7]
For more than 160 years, Hunter has created products with a purpose. In 1856, American inventor Henry Lee Norris landed in Scotland and funded Hunter, using a patented vulcanization process to produce hardwearing, waterproof rubber products.
Founded in Scotland in 1856, by Henry Lee Norris, the North British Rubber Co., later to become known as Hunter Boot Ltd. made rubber boots, as well as other durable rubber products. The boots quickly became the most popular and profitable category.
Henry Lee Norris (1813-1881), a businessman from New Jersey who made his way to Scotland in 1856 to try his luck in the British Empire with rubber and rubber boots, did the same thing. In contrast to Hutchinson, Norris did not choose workmen and farmers as his target group.
Henry Lee Norris (1813-1881), a businessman from New Jersey who made his way to Scotland in 1856 to try his luck in the British Empire with rubber and rubber boots, did the same thing. In contrast to Hutchinson, Norris did not choose workmen and farmers as his target group.
Hunter History. Hunter begins way back in 1856 when an American, Mr Henry Lee Norris from New Jersey and his friend Spencer Thomas Parmelee from Conneticut arrived in Scotland with a patent from Charles Goodyear to make rubberised outer shoes and boots.
Aug 2, 2011 · A few years later, an American entrepreneur called Henry Lee Norris started the North British Rubber Company in Scotland, with four employees making rubber wellies. To say these were without...
