Ken Wood (manufacturer)

Ken Wood, inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (died 1997)

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Born: October 4, 1916
Died: October 19, 1997
Zodiac sign: Libra
Birth year: 1916

About Ken Wood (manufacturer)

Kenneth Wood was an English engineer, entrepreneur and businessman. He is best known as the founder of the Kenwood Manufacturing Company and for the development of the eponymous Kenwood Chef food mixer. On 7 September 2017, a blue plaque in memory of Kenneth Wood was unveiled in Goldsworth Road, Woking at the site where the company first started in 1947.

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The world when Ken Wood (manufacturer) was born

Ken Wood (manufacturer) was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
Notable inventionMilitary tanks
World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ken Wood (manufacturer)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1916	2026
Population	99.6M	341 million

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