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'''Willis Haviland Carrier''' (November 26, 1876 – October 7, 1950) was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern [[air conditioning]]. Carrier invented the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. In 1915, he founded [[Carrier Corporation]], a company specializing in the manufacture and distribution of [[heating, ventilation, and air conditioning]] (HVAC) systems.
==Early life and education==
Willis Haviland Carrier was born on November 26, 1876, in [[Angola, New York]], the son of Duane Williams Carrier (1836–1908) and Elizabeth R. Haviland (1845–1888). He graduated from Angola Academy in 1894 and from the Buffalo High School in 1897.<ref name="angola-academy">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75481153/commencements-angola-june-20-21-jun/ |title=Commencements - Angola, June 20 |date=June 21, 1894 |page=7 |newspaper=The Buffalo Weekly Express |location=Buffalo, NY |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref><ref name="highschool-commencement">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75482600/the-high-school-commencement-25-jun-189/ |title=The High School Commencement |date=June 25, 1897 |page=3 |newspaper=Buffalo Evening News |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref>
He studied at [[Cornell University]] starting in 1897 and graduated in 1901 with a [[Master of Engineering]] degree.<ref name="cornell-freshman">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75379942/cornell-scholarships-2-oct-1897-buffal/ |title=Cornell Scholarships |date=October 2, 1897 |page=4 |newspaper=[[The Buffalo News|Buffalo Evening News]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="cornell">{{Cite web |url=https://engineering.library.cornell.edu/early-cornell-engineering-alumni-inventors/ |title=Early Cornell Engineering Alumni Inventors |date=October 16, 2019 |website=cornell.edu |access-date=April 8, 2021}}</ref>
==Career==
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