Question: Facts: - known for: deere & company , steel plow - caption: john deere - death date: 17 may 1886 - education: middlebury college - children: francis -rrb- , ellen sarah -lrb- 1832-1897 -rrb- , frances alma albert -lrb- 1834-1851 -rrb- , charles -lrb- 1836-1907 -rrb- , emma -lrb- charlotte -lrb- 1840-1911 -rrb- , hiram alvin -lrb- 1842-1844 -rrb- 1828-1848 , alice marie -lrb- 1844-1900 -rrb- , mary frances -lrb- -rrb- 1851-1851 -rrb- , jeanette -lrb- 1830-1916 - birth date: 7 february 1804 - name: john deere - nationality: american - image: john deere portrait.jpg - birth place: rutland , vermont - occupation: inventor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john deere -lrb- inventor -rrb- .
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john deere -lrb- february 7 , 1804 -- may 17 , 1886 -rrb- was an american blacksmith and manufacturer who founded deere & company , one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world .born in rutland , vermont , deere moved to illinois and invented the first commercially successful steel plow in 1837 .