William Shakespeare Jr. (September 21, 1869 – June 25, 1950) was an American inventor.
[1] He invented the level-winding fishing reel.
[2] Shakespeare also founded and was one of the key people of Shakespeare Fishing Tackle,[3] which he founded in 1897, as a fisherman aiming to improve the fishing-reel mechanism.
[4] In addition to numerous fishing-tackle innovations, Shakespeare also received patents for camera equipment[5] and a carburetor.
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