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George Franklin Grant (September 15, 1846 – August 21, 1910) was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of an early composite golf tee made from wood and natural rubber (specifically, gutta-percha ) tubing.
Grant, George F. 1846–1910 Dentist, professor The first African-American professor at Harvard, Boston dentist, and inventor of a wooden golf tee. [86] Graves, Joseph L. 1955– Evolutionary biologist [87] [88] [89] Green, Lisa: Linguist: Specializes in syntax and the study of African-American English Greenaugh, Kevin: 1956–2023 Nuclear ...
What would Black History Month be if we didn’t take the time to reflect on our rich history and ancestors? The post Have you thanked a Black inventor today? appeared first on TheGrio.
Nonetheless, African-American men and women made important contributions to the Manhattan Project during World War II. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At the time, their work was shrouded in secrecy, intentionally compartmentalized and decontextualized so that almost no one knew the purpose or intended use of what they were doing.
First African-American man to sail around the world solo: Teddy Seymour; First African-American CEO of a Fortune 500 company: Clifton R. Wharton Jr. [280] First African-American woman, and first woman, to have an album debut at number one on the Billboard 200: Whitney Houston
George Grant (author) (born 1954), American author, essayist, historian, pastor and educator; George Grant (1823-1878), Scottish founder of Victoria, Kansas, and the American Angus cattle breed; George A. Grant (1891–1964), American National Park Service photographer; George B. Grant (1849–1917) American mechanical engineer, inventor ...
Harry Mendell, U.S. – invented the first digital sampling synthesizer; Joy Mangano (born 1956), U.S. – household appliances; Anna Mangin (1844–1931) – American inventor, educator, caterer and women's rights campaigner; Charles Mantoux (1877–1947), France – Mantoux test (tuberculosis) Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937), Italy – radio ...
The Man Called Brown Condor: The Forgotten History of an African American Fighter Pilot. New York, NY: Skyhorse Pub., 2013. ISBN 1-62087-217-X OCLC 783159506; Tucker, Philip Thomas. Father of the Tuskegee Airmen, John C. Robinson. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books Inc., 2012. ISBN 1-59797-487-0 OCLC 752678328