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[A. J. Raffles]

Clue: I share my first name with a character from a famous Shakespeare play.

[Fruit Pie Jones]

If it's not Horatio Nelson, then it should be.

EDIT:  Just saw that you gave away that answer in another thread.  D'oh!

[A. J. Raffles]

Fruit Pie Jones, on May 7 2008, 05:13 PM, said:

If it's not Horatio Nelson, then it should be.

EDIT:  Just saw that you gave away that answer in another thread.  D'oh!

Thanks! (It wasn't even hard, was it?)
Anyway, your turn.

[Fruit Pie Jones]

It was the Shakespeare clue that gave it away.

OK, my turn:  I was an inventor whose best-known invention wasn't produced until some nine years after it was patented.  It's neither a hand grenade nor a spice grinder, but it played a significant role in keeping me alive in one of the worst places on earth.

[Juni Ori]

Penicillin?

Edit: HOW STUPID CAN I BE? Of course the inventor, not the invention, so: Alexander Fleming?

[Fruit Pie Jones]

Nope, not as well-known as Fleming, and the invention is certainly not as well-known as penicillin.  I'll give another clue later today if nobody guesses it before then.

[Fruit Pie Jones]

It's been a little over 24 hours, so here's another clue:

The name of my best-known invention (really the only one I was known for) is the feminine form of my first name.

[A. J. Raffles]

Fruit Pie Jones, on May 9 2008, 11:21 PM, said:

It's been a little over 24 hours, so here's another clue:

The name of my best-known invention (really the only one I was known for) is the feminine form of my first name.

Fruitpie-ette?

[Fruit Pie Jones]

Heh heh, not my first name, the inventor's first name!    Any clues given in first person refer to the inventor, not me.  And yes, of course Fruit Pie Jones is my real name!  I thought we were all using our real names here!

[Juni Ori]

At least Frodo is. Honestly, I have absolutely no idea whom you are...

[Fruit Pie Jones]

Another clue:  For many years, my invention was much loved by rally racers for its durability and ease of use.

[Frodo]

William Brush?  

[Fruit Pie Jones]

Nope.  (I don't even know who that is.)

[A. J. Raffles]

Fruit Pie Jones, on May 13 2008, 01:23 AM, said:

Nope.  (I don't even know who that is.)

The inventor of the... brush?

[Frodo]

A. J. Raffles, on May 13 2008, 02:58 PM, said:

Fruit Pie Jones, on May 13 2008, 01:23 AM, said:

Nope.  (I don't even know who that is.)

The inventor of the... brush?

Hehe.  No, he invented suspension for motor vehicles.  
It was Frui Pie's comment about rally racers that made me think of that, but apparantly it's wrong.