Likely in the 1850's. There is no historic record of W. B. Purvis except that he was an African-American inventor who filed numerous patents with the US Patent Office between 1884 and 1897, including an improved form of the fountain pen.
I can't find a date of death for him anywhere. I have to do a school project on him and I've been searching. He was born on march first 1870 and died with cancer January 1880
William A. Wallace was born on 1827-11-28.
William Zinsser was born on October 7, 1922.
William Wallace Covington was born in 1947.
William James Wallace was born in 1837.
William H. Purvis was born in 1858.
When was Walter B. Purvis born
William Purvis - Blind Willie - was born in 1752.
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the year 1948
William H. Purvis died in 1950.
He died of cancer on January 1888.
The fountian pen, paper box, box opener, ect.
William Purvis - Blind Willie - died in 1832.
William F. Purvis has written: 'Nine generations of fur trading'
There is no historic record of W. B. Purvis except that he was an African-American inventor who filed numerous patents with the US Patent Office between 1884 and 1897, including an improved form of the fountain pen.
Richard Purvis was born in 1913.