Inventors

The Black Inventor Online Museum
A look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation.
http://www.blackinventor.com/

Blacks in Technology, Past and Present
Profiles of seven African American inventors.
http://www.users.fast.net/~blc/xlhome2.htm

Elias Howe
Credited with inventing the first practical sewing machine. This biography is from Scientific American Online.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/mystery/howe.htm

Elias Howe
Profile of the inventor of the sewing machine; born in Spencer, Massachusetts.
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/206.html

Ernst F. W. Alexanderson
Profile of the Swedish-born inventor of the High-Frequency Alternator Radio.
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/2.html

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.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0004637.html

Famous American Inventors
Includes brief sketches and images of selected inventors.
http://www.american-inventor.com/

Famous Black Inventors
Profiles of selected African-American inventors of the 20th century.
http://www.black-inventor.com/

George Edward Alcorn, Jr.
Physicist and inventor. Provides brief biography, patent list, curriculum vitae and illustrations.
https://webfiles.uci.edu:443/mcbrown/display/alcorn.html

Great and Famous Inventors
Elementary school students introduce some of the men and women whose creations changed the 20th century.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001490/

The Great Idea Finder
Provides invention facts, inventor profiles, innovation timeline, history articles, and trivia quiz.
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventors.htm

Henry Ford - Ignorant Genius
Offers a biography and history.
http://www.abelard.org/henry-ford.php

Historical Figures in Telecommunications
Brief biographical sketches of about a dozen people who have been important in the history of the development of telecommunications.
http://www.itu.int/aboutitu/HistoricalFigures.html

Innovative Lives
Short profiles of men and women who are changing life today. From the Smithsonian.
http://invention.smithsonian.org/home/

The Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archives
Browsable and searchable collection of short, yet scholarly biographies geared toward students.
http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html

Inventor Biographies
Alphabetical list from Cleveland Abbe through Vladimir Zworykin includes nationalities, occupations and stories of their inventions.
http://www.madehow.com/inventorbios/

InventorNet
A Thinkquest project which tells about the inventors of the telephone, light bulb, CD, curling iron, microwave and paper.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J003148/

James Nasmith
Profile, career, and background history on the sport's inventor. From the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-james-naismith.html

Made Up In Britain
Series of brief articles about British inventors and their inventions.
http://madeupinbritain.camio.co.uk/

Robert Noyce
Brief biography of the co-inventor, with Jack Kilby, of the integrated circuit.
http://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/addlbios/noyce.html

19th Century African-American Inventors
Short articles on black inventors from Suite101.com.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/african_american_history/61415