Embassy of Canada to France - 💡Among our great 🇨🇦 inventions, we must mention the electric wheelchair, invented in 1952 by 🇨🇦 George Johan Klein to assist veterans who suffered serious injuries
The Coast 89.7 - The first electric wheelchair was developed by one of Canada's most accomplished inventors, George Klein, in 1953. The Ontario-born inventor worked at the National Research Council from 1929–1969,
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Accessibility Standards Canada on X: "#DYK George Klein, an engineer at @NRC_CNRC , developed the first electric wheelchair in the 1950s. On this #InternationalWheelchairDay, we celebrate the mobility and independence that they
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Klein, the man who invented everything from the electric wheelchair to the STEM antenna | The Channel
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Klein, the man who invented everything from the electric wheelchair to the STEM antenna | The Channel
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