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Taylor, Headlie Shipard (1883 - 1957)

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Agricultural engineer
Born: 7 July 1883  Bungowannah, New South Wales, Australia.  Died: 22 March 1957  Sunshine, Victoria, Australia.
Headlie Shipard Taylor was an agricultural machinery designer who worked for H.V. McKay (later H.V. McKay Massey Harris) from 1914-1954. His major inventions were a header harvester in 1914 and the 'Sunshine' auto-header, the first self-propelled harvester to be manufactured in large numbers, in 1924.

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Born 7 July 1883. Died 22 March 1957. Invented a header harvester 1914, the 'Sunshine' auto-header. Superviser of production of the header for H.V. McKay from 1916, retired in 1954 as superintendent of agricultural machinery works, H V McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd.
 
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