Philip Mallory

{{Short description|American businessman}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Philip Rogers Mallory | image = | caption = | birth_date = November 11, 1885 | birth_place = | death_date = {{d-da|November 16, 1975|November 11, 1885}} | death_place = | occupation = Founder of Duracell International | spouse = }} '''Philip Rogers Mallory''' (November 11, 1885 - November 16, 1975) was an American businessman and the founder of the company that is now known as Duracell International. Rather than making a career in his family's shipping business, he founded his own manufacturing company, the P. R. Mallory Company. Starting as a manufacturer of tungsten filament wire, his company later became The Mallory Battery Company and is now known as Duracell International.

==Early life and education== He attended Yale and Columbia universities.<ref name="Peter Mallory Families">[http://www.rootsweb.com/~pbarker/peter.htm Peter Mallory Families]</ref>

==Business== In 1942, Samuel Ruben and Mallory developed the mercury cell which was considered a breakthrough in battery manufacturing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/battery.htm |title=Electric Battery History - Invention of the Electric Battery |work=ideafinder.com |accessdate=17 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222020750/http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/battery.htm |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Sailing== Mallory served as Commodore of American Yacht Club in the 1920s.<ref>{{Cite news|title=87 Yachts, Including Several New Craft, Compete in the Seasons Biggest Regatta|work=New York Times|date=June 28, 1925|page=5}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{cite web | title=Duracell International | url=http://www.duracell.com}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mallory, Philip}} Category:20th-century American chemists Category:20th-century American businesspeople Category:Battery inventors Category:1885 births Category:1975 deaths