Inventor's name: Richard G. Drew

Date of birth: 1886

Date of death: 1956

Invention: Adhesive Tape

5 facts: Drew's first invention was masking tape for painters to help them paint straight lines.

The first masking tape was sticky only around the sides, not in the middle.

He started work as an engineer at 3M.

Scotch tape was a world wide success soon after it was invented in 1930.

The first tape dispenser with a built in cutting edge was built in 1932.