Chester Greenwood (December 4, 1858 – July 5, 1937) was an American engineer and inventor, known for inventing the earmuffs in 1873.
[1] He reportedly came up with the idea while ice skating and he asked his grandmother to sew tufts of fur between loops of wire.
Greenwood also patented a tea kettle, a variation of the steel-toothed rake, an advertising matchbox, and a machine used to produce wooden spools for wire and thread.
Farmington continues to celebrate "Chester Greenwood Day" with a parade on the first Saturday of December.
[6][7] The Chester Greenwood House in Farmington is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.