Facts: - death date: 16 december 1893 - birth date: 17 june 1832 - significant advance: co-inventor of an improved safety water tube boiler - name: george herman babcock - image: babcock george.gif - birth place: unadilla forks , new york Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of george herman babcock .
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george herman babcock -lrb- june 17 , 1832 -- december 16 , 1893 -rrb- was an american inventor .he and stephen wilcox co-invented a safer water tube steam boiler , and founded the babcock & wilcox boiler company .babcock 's water tube steam boiler provided a safer and more efficient production of steam , and was built to work better under higher pressures than earlier boilers .in 1881 their company was incorporated , with babcock as president and wilcox as vice president .in 1997 , babcock was inducted into the national inventors hall of fame .