Granville Woods

Granville Woods

Granville Woods Telegraph and Railway Device Developer The magnitude of an inventors work can often be defined by the esteem in which he is held by fellow inventors. If this is the case, then Granville Woods was certainly a respected inventor as he was often referred...
George Alcorn

George Alcorn

George Alcorn Pioneer in the Fields of Aerospace and Semiconductor Devices A noted academic and administrator, George Edward Alcorn, Jr. is a noted pioneer in the field of semiconductor devices and one of the top inventors in the field of aerospace. Born March 22,...
James West

James West

James West Created the Affordable Electret Microphone James Edward West was born on February 10, 1931 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He was an inquisitive young boy, fascinated with electronics and always ready to take things apart to discover how they worked. His...
Valerie Thomas

Valerie Thomas

Valerie Thomas From a young age, Valerie Thomas loved technology. Overcoming early challenges, she earned a physics degree from Morgan State University and took on a key role at NASA, leading the “Landsat” project. In 1976, inspired by a seminar on concave...
Lewis Temple

Lewis Temple

Lewis Temple Created the “Temple’s Iron” Harpoon Lewis Temple was born in 1800 as a slave in Richmond, Virginia. He obtained his freedom and moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1829 where he worked as a blacksmith. Later that year he married Mary...
Thomas Stewart

Thomas Stewart

Thomas Stewart Invented a Version of the Mop Many inventions were born from necessity and others for convenience. Others, however, are designed to lessen the drudgery and unpleasentness of daily tasks. Such was the invention of Thomas Stewart. Cleaning floors had...