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Granville Woods
American inventor (1856–1910)
Granville Tailer Woods | |
|---|---|
Illustration of Woods, c. 1887 | |
| Born | (1856-04-23)April 23, 1856 Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| Died | January 30, 1910(1910-01-30) (aged 53) New York City, United States |
| Resting place | St.
Michael's (Episcopalian) Cemetery, East Elmhurst, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Inventor |
Granville Tailer Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910) was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States.[1] He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War.[2] Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars.
One of his inventions is the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, a variation of the induction telegraph that relied on ambient static electricity from existing telegraph lines to send messages between train stations and moving trains.[3]
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