Albert Ferdinand Shore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Albert Ferdinand Shore

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1876

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 17-Jan-1936

Profession: inventor, metallurgist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Albert Ferdinand Shore (September 4, 1876 – January 17, 1936) was an American metallurgist who invented the Shore durometer.
He won the Elliott Cresson Medal.Shore was born in New York City. He invented the first quadrant durometer in 1915 to measure the hardness of polymers and other elastomers.Shore died at Wickersham Hospital in Manhattan of a stroke.
He was buried in Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery in North Amityville, New York.