Lewis Temple
Lewis Temple, a prominent figure in American history, was born in 1800 as a slave in Richmond, Virginia. Despite the challenges he faced as a...
Category : Inventors
André Pinto Rebouças
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André Pinto Rebouças was a Brazilian engineer and abolitionist, best known for creating one of the world’s first self-propelled torpedoes during the Paraguayan War. Rebouças...
Richard Bowie Spikes
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Richard Bowie Spikes, a renowned inventor with over a dozen patents to his name, made significant contributions to the field of automotive technology and beyond....
Meredith “Flash” Gourdine
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Before Meredith “Flash” Gourdine became a world-renown engineer and physicist, he was a silver medalist in the 1952 Olympic Games. Ultimately better known for his...
Joseph Lee
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Joseph Lee was born in 1849 and lived most of his life in Boston, Massachusetts. His world was the food industry, and his glorious career...
Thomas Mensah
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Ghanaian-born materials scientist Thomas Mensah has had a high-flying career, first as a scientist and then as an entrepreneur. Mensah has at least 14 patents...
Dr. George Franklin Grant
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A Pioneer in Dentistry, Golf and Academia Dr. George Franklin Grant was a trailblazer in the fields of dentistry and academia, making significant contributions that...
Dr. Thomas Elkins
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Dr. Thomas Elkins, an African-American inventor, was a pharmacist and respected member of the Albany community. An abolitionist, Elkins was the secretary of the Vigilance...
Joseph Hunter Dickinson
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Joseph Hunter Dickinson contributed several improvements to different musical instruments. He’s particularly known for improvements to player pianos that provided better actuation (the loudness or...
Andrew Jackson Beard
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Andrew Jackson Beard was an African-American inventor. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio for his work on railroad...