Roy Mayer
Canadian writer and inventor
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Roy Albert Philip Mayer (2 June 1940 – 8 July 2023)[1] better known as Roy Mayer was a Canadian writer and inventor whose bestselling books celebrated innovation in Canada. These included Scientific Canadian[2], Invention: Quest of the Bright Idea, Inventing Canada,[3] and Eureka: Game-in-a-book.
Mayer served as Chair of the National Flag Day Campaign, as well as in other roles related to the promotion of Canadian achievement.[4]
In 1993, Mayer won Success magazine's $1 million Breakthrough Ideas contest for the invention of a sport fishing product.[5]
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