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Ancient Egyptians used umbrellas to protect themselves against the sun. The Chinese started making water proof umbrellas in the 11th century. Noble born Roman women had slaves carry umbrellas to shade them but the men considered umbrellas to effeminate. The custom died out when the Roman Empire declined. Umbrellas came back in the later half of the 1700s but again only women used them until Jonas Hanway, founder of English Magdalen Hospital started using them in public. Hans Haupt invented the pocket umbrella in 1928 and Bradford E Phillips invented the folding umbrella in 1969.

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