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Alexander Graham Bell
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Alexander Graham Bell
Educator, Linguist, Inventor, Scientist / 1847 - 1922
Alexander Graham Bell was one of the primary inventors of the telephone, did important work in communication for the deaf and held more than 18 patents.
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Charles Babbage
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Charles Babbage
Mathematician, Inventor / 1791 - 1871
Charles Babbage was known for his contributions to the first mechanical computers, which laid the groundwork for more complex future designs.
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Thomas Paine
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Thomas Paine
Inventor, Political Leader, Journalist / 1737 - 1809
Thomas Paine was an English American writer and pamphleteer whose "Common Sense" and other writings influenced the American Revolution, and helped pave the way for the Declaration of Independence.
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Eadweard Muybridge
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Eadweard Muybridge
Photographer, Filmmaker, Inventor / 1830 - 1904
Eadweard Muybridge's photography of moving animals captured movement in a way that had never been done before. His work was used by both scientists and artists.
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John Logie Baird
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John Logie Baird
Engineer, Inventor / 1888 - 1946
Scottish engineer John Logie Baird was the first man to televise pictures of objects in motion. He also demonstrated color television, in 1928.
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Humphry Davy
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Humphry Davy
Inventor, Chemist / 1778 - 1829
Humphry Davy was a British chemist best known for his contributions to the discoveries of chlorine and iodine. He is noted for suggesting the anesthetic use of nitrous oxide in human surgery.
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