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1855–1905. Inventor. Folding "cabinet-bed", forerunner of the Murphy bed; first African-American woman to receive a patent in the United States. [81] [82] [83] Grant, George F. 1846–1910. Dentist, professor. The first African-American professor at Harvard, Boston dentist, and inventor of a wooden golf tee .
Thomas Elkins (1818 – August 10, 1900) [1] was an African-American dentist, abolitionist, surgeon, pharmacist, and inventor. He lived in Albany, New York, for most of his life, but travelled during his service as the medical examiner of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts infantries and visited Liberia. Notable inventions include patented ...
Thyrsa Frazier Svager (1930–1999), degrees from Antioch College, Ohio State University (PhD). Argelia Velez-Rodriguez (b. 1936 in Cuba), degrees from Marianao Institute, University of Havana (PhD). Grace Alele Williams (1932–2022), degrees from University of Ibadan, University of Chicago (PhD, education).
MAKERS highlights the African-American female inventors who change the way we live today.
From becoming the first Black American to own a “Big 3” dealership, inventing the fundamental structure of automatic transmission, creating the traffic light, designing an iconic Bronco ...
A. List of African-American inventors and scientists. List of Albanian inventions and discoveries. List of Austrian inventors and discoverers.
Category. : African-American scientists. Wikimedia Commons has media related to African American engineers and scientists. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American scientists. It includes scientists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Miriam Benjamin. Henry Blair (inventor) Bessie Blount Griffin. Sarah Boone. Otis Boykin. Benjamin Bradley (inventor) Charles B. Brooks. Henry Brown (inventor) Marie Van Brittan Brown.