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- NAME: Richard Buckminster Fuller
- OCCUPATION: Environmental Activist, Architect, Engineer, Inventor, Poet
- BIRTH DATE: July 12, 1895
- DEATH DATE: July 01, 1983
- EDUCATION: Milton Academy, Harvard, Bates College
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Milton, Massachusetts
- PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California
- Nickname: Bucky
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Richard Buckminster Fuller was an American inventor, futurist, architect and author best known for popularizing the geodesic dome.
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Richard Buckminster Fuller is regarded by many as one of the key innovators in of the 20th century. Driven by the design philosophy of "more for less," Fuller focused on developing products that could be easily mass-produced using the simplest and most sustainable means possible. He is best know for popularizing the geodesic dome, a spherical shell structure based on a network of great circles.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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