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Colonel Albert Augustus Pope
Bicycle and Automobile Manufacturer. During the Civil War he served in the 35th Massachusetts Infantry, leaving with the rank of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel at war's end. After the war he entered the manufacturing field. In 1877 he founded the Pope Manufacturing Company. The company made the popular Columbia Bicycle and was the largest manufacturer of bicycles in the United States in the late 1800s. In 1897, he started manufacturing electric vehicles and soon after automobiles, but neither venture was as successful as his bicycles. He was well known as an early advocate for paved roads in the United States, earning him the title "Father of Good Roads".
Albert Pope was known as the "Founder of the American Bicycle Industry." He founded the Pope Manufacturing Company in 1878 which produced the highly successful Colombia bicycle.
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May 20, 1843
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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1872 |
July 14, 1872
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Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
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March 9, 1874
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1874
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1879 |
November 5, 1879
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Newton, Middlesex County, MA, United States
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1881 |
November 15, 1881
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1887 |
March 23, 1887
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1909 |
August 10, 1909
Age 66
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Cohasset, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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