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Alice H. Parker (1895 – 1920) [1] was an African-American inventor who was active in the early 1900s. She is known for her patent for a gas furnace. She is known for her patent for a gas furnace. Early life
Alice Parker conducting in 2019. Parker served on the Board of Directors of Chorus America and was their first Director Laureate. She received the Distinguished Composer of the Year award from the American Guild of Organists in 2000, the 2014 Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association, the Harvard Glee Club Foundation Medal in 2015, six honorary doctorates, and the Smith ...
In 1919, Alice Parker invented a system of gas-powered central heating. While her particular design was never built, it was the first time an inventor had conceived of using natural gas to heat a personal home, which inspired the future central heating systems. Automatic Rotimaker
Alice Parker may refer to: Alice Parker (1925–2023), American composer, arranger, conductor, and teacher; Alice Parker (Salem witch trials), executed in 1692; Alice C. Parker, American electrical engineer; Alice H. Parker (1895–1920), African American inventor; Alice Parker Lesser (1863–1939), American lawyer, suffragist, and clubwoman
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American inventors. ... Alice H. Parker; John Parker (abolitionist) George Peake (inventor) Ricky Pierce;
Women inventors have been historically rare in some geographic regions. For example, in the UK, only 33 of 4090 patents (less than 1%) issued between 1617 and 1816 named a female inventor. [ 1 ] In the US, in 1954, only 1.5% of patents named a woman, compared with 10.9% in 2002. [ 1 ]
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Parker, Alice H. 1895–1920 Inventor Furnace for Central Heating Petters, Arlie: 1964– Physicist: Work on the mathematical physics of gravitational lensing: Poindexter, Hildrus: 1901–1987 Bacteriologist, epidemiologist: Work on the epidemiology of tropical diseases, including malaria: Quarterman, Lloyd Albert: 1918–1982 Scientist ...