AfricanAmerican Inventors Student Name Date George Washington Carver

African-American Inventors [Student Name] [Date]

George Washington Carver • • Lived 1865 -1943 Former slave Born in Missouri Earned advanced degrees from Iowa Agricultural College • Developed hundreds of industrial uses for farm products • Outstanding researcher and educator

Norbert Rillieux • • • Lived 1806 -1894 New Orleans slave Educated in France Developed evaporator for refining sugar Patented in 1846

Elijah Mc. Coy • • • Lived 1844 -1929 Son of escaped slaves from Kentucky Invented lubricator for steam engines Patented in 1872 Awarded 57 patents in his lifetime

Lewis Howard Latimer • • Lived 1848 -1929 Worked for Boston patent attorney Learned mechanical drawing Invented electric lamp and carbon filament for light bulbs • Patented in 1881 -1882 • Only African American on Thomas Edison’s engineering team

Granville T. Woods • • Lived 1856 -1910 Born in Ohio Self-educated Invented telegraph for railway train communication • Awarded more than 60 patents for electrical/mechanical inventions

Madame C. J. Walker • Lived 1867 -1919 • Born in Louisiana • Developed hair care system and other beauty products • One of the first self-made women millionaires • Successful businesswoman and generous benefactor

Garrett Augustus Morgan • Lived 1877 -1963 • Born in Kentucky • Invented gas mask for chlorine fumes during World War I • Patented 1914 • Also invented automated STOP and GO traffic signal

Frederick Mc. Kinley Jones • • • Lived 1892 -1961 Born in Ohio Experienced mechanic Invented self-starting gas engine Invented first automatic refrigeration system for trucks • Awarded over 40 patents for refrigeration

David Crosthwait, Jr. • • Lived 1898 -1976 Born in Tennessee Earned degrees from Purdue University Expert in heating, ventilation, air conditioning • Awarded 40 patents for HVAC systems

Patricia Bath • Born 1949 in New York • World-famous ophthalmologist • First African-American woman doctor to receive patent for medical inventions • Invented laser device to remove cataracts • Transformed eye surgery • Awarded four patents for eye surgery methods