Historedia
Person

Robert Gair

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1879

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Robert Gair, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Robert Gair develops the folding carton

    1879

    Role: Inventor

    1. 1879 · Robert Gair CompanyAccidental Discovery

      A metal ruler shifted position during bag creasing, cutting the bag and inspiring the concept of prefabricated cartons.

Sources

  1. Robert Gair Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-27
  2. Folding carton Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-07