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
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.
W E B Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois Institute was created in 1969.
W. E. B. DuBois
Melvin Purvis had three siblings: two brothers named John and William, and a sister named Mary. The Purvis family was closely knit, and Melvin, who became a notable FBI agent, often had strong ties with his siblings throughout his life.
1874
the year 1948
1890
When was Walter B. Purvis born
ALSTON W. PURVIS has written: 'DUTCH GRAPHIC DESIGN: A CENTURY OF INNOVATION'
Will Purvis died in 1938.
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.
He died of cancer on January 1888.
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.
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.
Tom Purvis died in 1959.
Robert Purvis died in 1898.