Stephen Perry was a 19th-century British inventor and businessman credited with the invention of the rubber band. His corporation was the Messers Perry and Co,. Rubber Manufacturers of London, which made early products from vulcanised rubber, only recently perfected by Charles Goodyear in 1839. On 17 March 1845, Perry received a patent for the rubber band.
- Occupation
- engineer, inventor, businessperson
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
