Inventors Biography People and Society

Inventors Biography People and Society

This category includes sites about individual explorers and groups of inventors. All sites are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment or for schoolwork. Biographies may be brief and sites may have several, perhaps connected by occupation, but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, and so forth.

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Editor's Picks:

Historical Inventors: A To Z

- Resource to research famous inventors, including timelines and sections on women, African American, Native American, Chinese and Hispanic groups.
National Inventors Hall of Fame

- Celebrates inventors, and has indexes of inventors with brief biographies, and an index of inventions so you can find out who is credited with which invention.

The Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archives - Browsable and searchable collection of short, yet scholarly biographies geared toward students.
Innovative Lives - Short profiles of men and women who are changing life today. From the Smithsonian.
Historical Figures in Telecommunications - Brief biographical sketches of about a dozen people who have been important in the history of the development of telecommunications.
Henry Ford - Ignorant Genius - Offers a biography and history.
Elias Howe - Profile of the inventor of the sewing machine; born in Spencer, Massachusetts.
Blacks in Technology, Past and Present - Profiles of seven African American inventors.
Famous American Inventors - Includes brief sketches and images of selected inventors.
The Black Inventor Online Museum - A look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation.
Made Up In Britain - Series of brief articles about British inventors and their inventions.
19th Century African-American Inventors - Short articles on black inventors from Suite101.com.
Inventor Biographies - Alphabetical list from Cleveland Abbe through Vladimir Zworykin includes nationalities, occupations and stories of their inventions.
Famous Black Inventors - Profiles of selected African-American inventors of the 20th century.
The Great Idea Finder - Provides invention facts, inventor profiles, innovation timeline, history articles, and trivia quiz.
Fact Monster; Inventions and Discoveries - List of inventions from A to Z with dates, inventors, and links to the biographies of some of these inventors.
James Nasmith - Profile, career, and background history on the sport's inventor. From the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
InventorNet - A Thinkquest project which tells about the inventors of the telephone, light bulb, CD, curling iron, microwave and paper.
George Edward Alcorn, Jr. - Physicist and inventor. Provides brief biography, patent list, curriculum vitae and illustrations.
Ernst F. W. Alexanderson - Profile of the Swedish-born inventor of the High-Frequency Alternator Radio.
Robert Noyce - Brief biography of the co-inventor, with Jack Kilby, of the integrated circuit.
Great and Famous Inventors - Elementary school students introduce some of the men and women whose creations changed the 20th century.

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