What is David Garman?
[[File:David E. Talbot Garman.jpg|right|200px]] '''David Edmund Talbot Garman''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (9 May 1922 – 4 January 2019) was a [[British people|British]] [[inventor]] and businessman.<ref name=obe>{{cite web |url=http://www.thiis.co.uk/news-snippets/obe-for-mangar-founder.aspx |title=OBE for inventor of the bathlift |access-date=2019-03-13 |archive-date=2018-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501004436/http://www.thiis.co.uk/news-snippets/obe-for-mangar-founder.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was born in [[Thakeham]], [[West Sussex]], [[England]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/david-edmund-talbot-garman |title=Patents by Inventor David Edmund Talbot Garman - Justia Patents Search |newspaper=Patents.justia.com }}</ref> Garman invented the first portable powered bath lift in 1981 —a lift to assist people with [[mobility aid|mobility]] problems getting in and out of the bath.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://mangarhealth.com/about/history/|title=The History Behind Mangar Health|work=Mangar Global|access-date=2017-03-14|language=en-GB}}</ref> He was the founder and Chairman of Mangar International Limited, Mangar International (Holdings) Limited and Mangar 2013 Limited.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mangar.co.uk/2015/01/05/david-garman-receives-obe/ |title=David Garman Receives OBE - Mangar &#124; Mangar - - single.php |publisher=Mangar |access-date=2015-10-23 |archive-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306144744/http://mangar.co.uk/2015/01/05/david-garman-receives-obe/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Garman died in [[Wales]] on 4 January 2019, aged 96.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thiis.co.uk/award-winning-industry-innovator-and-pioneer-passes-away/|title=Award-winning industry innovator and pioneer passes away|first=Calvin|last=Barnett|date=7 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/17369121.david-garman-obe-has-died-aged-96/|title=Tributes to man who 'contributed to much' to affordable housing|website=