David P. Bushnell

David P. Bushnell
Bushnell in late 1949 in Pasadena, holding a child.
Born
David Pearsall Bushnell

(1913-03-31)March 31, 1913
Saint Paul, Minnesota
DiedMarch 24, 2005(2005-03-24) (aged 91)
Laguna Beach, California
Known forFounder of Bushnell optics company

David Pearsall Bushnell (1913–2005) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Bushnell optics company in 1948. Bushnell made precision binoculars affordable to middle-class Americans for the first time through a strategy of importing from manufacturers who provided optics to his patented specifications.

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