Why are markers called markers

Because its inventor is called Max Crowther. Max Crowther was a German chemist, and in the 1960s, by improving the material of the quill and the barrel, he successfully invented a new type of pen, namely, the marker pen. In addition to marker pens, Max Crowther also invented many other stationery items, such as whiteboard markers, highlighters and so on. The refill of the marker pen is made of special water-based ink, which not only can write smoothly, but also is not easy to smudge and dries quickly. And the pen barrel is made of plastic material, which makes the marker pen more lightweight and durable. The emergence of marker pens not only solved the traditional pen in writing easy to leak ink, fragile defects, but also has great advantages in writing and drawing, has become a mainstream product in the stationery market.