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by Answerbag Staff on March 10th, 2010

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Who invented the pencil sharpener?

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  • by Samantha Cheshire on March 10th, 2010

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    A French mathematician named Bernard Lassimone invented the first pencil sharpener and received a patent for it in 1828. Not much is know about the design of this first pencil sharpener. Before Lassimone's invention, people had to use a knife to sharpen a pencil.

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    Who Invented It: Who Invented the Pencil Sharpener

    Pencil Things: History of the Pencil Sharpener

    Oral Path: A Bit of History of Writing and Books

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