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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. [84] Graves, Joseph L. 1955– Evolutionary biologist [85] [86] [87] Green, Lisa: Linguist: Specializes in syntax and the study of African American English Greenaugh, Kevin: 1956–2023 Nuclear ...
Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader.His most notable inventions were a type of three-way traffic light, [1] and a protective 'smoke hood' [2] notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue.
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A free Black minister bought George Latimer's freedom and the family settled in the area. Born in Chelsea in 1848, Latimer fought in the Navy in the latter years of the Civil War while underage.
Granville Tailer Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910) was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States. [1] He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. [2]
Randall Woods; an African American inventor responsible for over sixty railroad industry patents including the three-rail system currently used in subway cars George Washington Carver ; African-American inventor and scientist at Tuskegee Institute. he is noted for his agricultural and chemical research with numerous plants including peanuts.
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 ...