Granville Woods
Inventor
1856 – 1910
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Who was Granville Woods?
Granville Tailer Woods was an African-American inventor who held more than 50 patents. He is also the first American of African ancestry to be a mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars. One of his notable inventions was the Multiplex Telegraph, a device that sent messages between train stations and moving trains. His work assured a safer and better public transportation system for the cities of the United States.
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- Born
- Apr 23, 1856
Columbus - Also known as
- Granville Tailer Woods
- Black Edison
- Granville T. Woods
- Black Thomas Edison
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Religion
- Methodism
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Columbus
- Springfield
(1876 - 1880) - Cincinnati
(1880 - 1892) - New York City
(1892 - 1910)
- Died
- Jan 30, 1910
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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