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Morris Wilkins : ウィキペディア英語版 | Morris Wilkins Morris Benjamin Wilkins (March 21, 1925 - May 25, 2015) was the inventor of the heart-shaped bathtub and the champagne glass bathtub. He is credited for helping establish the Pocono Mountains in northeast Pennsylvania as the "honeymoon capital of the world." ==Early years==
The oldest of three children, Wilkins was born in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to immigrants. His father, Benjamin Wilkins, was a tailor from Russia and his mother, the former Rose Katz, was from Hungary. At age 17, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Wilkins enlisted in the United States Navy. He served in the Pacific Theater on two submarines, USS Rasher and USS Gurnard, and was trained as an electrician. After his discharge from the Navy, Wilkins started an electrical contracting business, but it was destroyed by Hurricane Diane in 1955.〔
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