Inventor's name: Edwin Binney

Date of birth: 1866

Date of death: 1934

Invention: -Edwin Binney was in a partnership with C. Harold Smith, who co-discovered Crayola crayons with him. 1903, soon after developing them, Binney & Smith sold the first box of eight Crayola crayons for one nickel. The box includes black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green. Alice Binney (Edwin's wife) came up with the name Crayola, by combining two French words that mean "oily chalk." The top favorite crayon color among Americans is blue. Binney & Smith also introduced the first white dustless blackboard chalk.