Lewis Edson Waterman was an inventor born in 1837 in Decatur, New York who invented the capillary feed fountain pen, allowing ink to flow through the pen's nib without having to dip it in an inkwell, and founded the Waterman pen company to produce his invention. This invention was important as it helped all people write more easily and conveniently without having to repeatedly dip their pen in an inkwell. A video about this invention can be found on YouTube.