History of Barbering By Pier205 5000 BCE Services first performed in Egypt 1308 BCE Worshipful Company of Barbers guild divided barbers and surgeons Period: 400 to 1500 Barbers performed surgery -known as barber surgeons- Middle Ages 1096 Barber Surgeons first guild formed 1163 Pope Alexander forbade barber surgeons 1745 Barber pole indicated separation of barbers and surgeons 1893 A.B.Moler founded first barber school 1919 Leo Wahl invents first electrical clipper 1921 Matthew Andis Sr. develops electric clipper 1924 John Oster markets hand driven clipper for women's hair 1925 Standards of barber education developed 1928 John Oster motorized his clippers 1980 Barbering regulated state specific 1985 Females on the rise as Barbers 1995 Over 50% African Americans populated schools
