(person) by TallRoo Fri Jun 30 2000 at 13:10:21
Person, (1947 - ) Famous Brittish inventor. Creator of the famous Dual Cyclone vacuum cleaner, the first model was released in 1983.

Badly affected by the problem of when things are known by a brand name, because no-one calls vacuum cleaners, vacuum cleaners, they call them Hoovers.

Little known fact, was the designer of the wheelbarrow with a fetching orange ball instead of a front wheel, which you may have seen.

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